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A S-M Hutchinson (1879-1971) was a British novelist and editor of the illustrated newspaper The Daily Graphic. This novel was first published in 1912 by Alston Rivers.
This title and A Flutter in Kings were commissioned in a letter from Edwin Jack on 23rd April 1918:
Herewith we are sending you two volumes The Happy Warrior by A.S.M. Hutchinson and A Flutter in Kings by David Whitelaw. All that is wanted for these books is a circular design 6¾” in diameter. The surrounding framework is somewhat bold and printed in red. Kindly keep your drawings therefore as bold as possible so that the panel may stand out.
Edwin Jack acknowledged receipt of the designs on 29th May 1918 with which we are very much pleased
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First edition, thus
Bibliography code: NEL-18.3i
Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons
Series: Nelson's Fiction Library MD 1
Year: [1918]
Format: 16mo
Pages: viii, 13-470, 6pp ads
Binding: Green cloth with TN logo in dark green between vertical lines; title, author, TN logo and publisher on spine
Size: 163 x 120 mm
Dust jacket signed: Blampied, at base of circle, which is pasted onto the jacket
Internal illustrations: none
Price: 2 shillings
Printing history: none stated
Printed by: Printed in Great Britain at the Press of the Publishers
Dust jacket (click to enlarge)
Notes: This is assumed to be the first edition because the rear panel lists books to be published in August & November 1918 and because the jacket is more costly to produce: the illustration is printed separately and pasted onto the jacket, which is made of heavy, rough paper. The accession date of the copy in the Bodleian Library is 3/3/1919.
Second impression
Bibliography code: NEL-18.3ii
Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons
Series: Nelson's 2 shilling novels
Year: [1918]
Format: 16mo
Pages: viii, 13-470, 6pp ads
Binding: Red cloth with TN logo in dark green between vertical lines; title, author, TN logo and publisher on spine
Size: 162 x 110 mm
Dust jacket signed: Blampied, at base of circle
Internal illustrations: none
Price: 2 shillings
Printing history: none stated
Printed by: Printed in Great Britain at the Press of the Publishers
Dust jacket (click to enlarge)
Notes: This is a slightly smaller volume with a simple printed dust jacket. The illustration on the spine of the jacket is not by Blampied.