GALSWORTHY, John

The Creation of Character in Literature

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 12mo. Original tan printed wrappers; in a quarter blue morocco slipcase. Some light toning to wrappers, a very good copy. Item #409557

First edition, no. 154 of 250 copies signed by the author. An interesting monograph giving Galsworthy's credo as a novelist and playright. In it he elaborates on his theory that great works of the past and present are such because they contain great characters. It was given as the Romanes Lecture, Sheldonian Theatre, 21 May 1931.

Price: $75.00