{"product_id":"wodehouse-p-g-william-townend-illustrator-the-white-feather","title":"WODEHOUSE, P.G.; William TOWNEND ( illustrator ). The White Feather.","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"font-variant: small-caps\"\u003eIllustrated by Wodehouse’s School Friend\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWODEHOUSE, P.G.; William TOWNEND (\u003ci\u003eillustrator\u003ci\u003e).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e The White Feather. \u003ci\u003eLondon: Adam \u0026amp; Charles Black\u003c\/i\u003e. 1907.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8vo. Publisher’s orange pictorial cloth illustrated in black, brown, and white (illustration to upper board after plate facing p. 72), title within gilt cartouche to spine; pp. [8], 284; 12 black-and-white plates by William Townend including frontispiece; spine rubbed, spine ends bumped, slight wear to corners; slight spotting to prelims and to fore-edge of textblock; else very good; 1911 ownership inscription of H.E. Palmer to front pastedown, later ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition in book form, first issue, without the advertisements at rear as issued.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second school story set at Wrykyn, and again one that first appeared in serialised form in \u003ci\u003eThe Captain\u003c\/i\u003e. This time, boxing is the focus helping provide redemption for the central character who has been accused of cowardice. Although a white feather became a symbol suggesting cowardice in the First World War, its potency was recognized much earlier, featuring in a 1902 book by A.E.W. Mason, \u003ci\u003eThe Four Feathers\u003c\/i\u003e. The story was first serialised in \u003ci\u003eThe Captain\u003c\/i\u003e from October 1905 to March 1906, with illustrations by Wodehouse’s old school friend William ‘Bill’ Townend (1881–1962), and published in book form on 9 October 1907. This first issue was published without the advertisements at the rear, present in later issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eProvenance\u003c\/i\u003e: From the collection of eminent Wodehouse authority and collector Tony Ring, former President of the International Wodehouse Association and former editor of \u003ci\u003eWooster Sauce\u003c\/i\u003e. The H.E. Palmer whose 1911 ownership inscription appears to the front pastedown is perhaps the linguist Harold Edward Palmer (1877–1949), pioneer in the field of teaching English as a second language and founder of the Institute for Research in English Teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcllvaine A8a.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e2126280\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henry Sotheran Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64900354638201,"sku":"2126280","price":2000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0045\/2178\/7426\/files\/2126280.jpg?v=1792135654","url":"https:\/\/sotherans.co.uk\/products\/wodehouse-p-g-william-townend-illustrator-the-white-feather","provider":"Sotheran's","version":"1.0","type":"link"}