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John Cowper Powys, The Art of Growing Old.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1944. Private Collection.

John Cowper Powys, The Art of Growing Old

A fine, scarce example of the impact of the paper shortage on the publishing industry in Britain during and after the Second World War. Ironically, the jacket of Mumby's classic work on bookselling and publishing has been re-used for Powys's little known (but instructive) work on growing old.

John Cowper Powys, The Art of Growing Old

 

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