Hurricane Jack of the Vital Spark
Munro, Neil (3 June 1863 - 22 December 1930) was a Scottish journalist, newspaper editor, author and literary critic. He was basically a serious writer, but is now mainly known for his humorous short stories, originally written under the pen name as in this instance Hugh Foulis. [Front Cover Illustration by William Douglas Macleod (1892-1962) who between 1920 and 1930 worked as a cartoonist for the Glasgow Evening News].
(Book #ID 109509)
Published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh & London, 1923. 1923.
Publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers [soft back] by William Douglas Macleod. 12mo. 7½'' x 5¼''. The best known of these stories are about the fictional Clyde puffer the Vital Spark and her captain Para Handy, they also include stories about the waiter and kirk beadle Erchie MacPherson and the travelling drapery salesman Jimmy Swan and were originally published in the Glasgow Evening News. Contains 142 pp. Dusty covers and end papers, spine concave, else in Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued in this scarce early paperback edition. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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