This autobiography, published posthumously in 1968, introspectively explores the secret life Ackerley discovered his father led. In searching out the details of his father's life, Ackerley, a celebrated memoirist, discovers aspects of his own identity. In particular, he investigates his homosexuality.
In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah's fantastically eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court. "Hindoo Holiday" is an intimate and very ...
The love between friends, Johnny, young and feckless, and Frank, middle-aged and devoted, and their love for Johnny's beautiful pedigree bitch, Evie. These are the main themes of this novel. Throughout, the dog becomes more and more the creature around which their relationships revolve.
Reworked from diaries written in 1923 during a stint as the secretary for the Maharajah of Chhatarpur, Ackerley reveals an eccentric, pre-independence slice of India.
In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah's fantastically eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court. "Hindoo Holiday" is an intimate and very ...
These real-life adventures from the desperate years of World War I are the stories of prisoners of war who used their wits to win their freedom. Inspiring and exciting, the 17 tales are told by the fugitives themselves. Each tale abounds in remarkable examples of resourcefulness. 15 black-and-white illustrations and 3 maps.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Date Published: 1925
Description: Fair. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. FIRST EDITION of the Author's first book. Some WEAR & TEAR to spine; Internally sound. Front cover loose. Staining to end paper edges. 109pp. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chatto and Windus.
Date Published: 1925
Description: First edition. Crown octavo, orange cloth. 109pp. Half-title is moderately tanned. Title label to spine is rubbed and illegible. Spine is faded. The authors first book. read more
Description: Signed by Author(s) On "the Listener" letterhead, Broadcasting House, London, March 6, [19]45. 8vo. 1 page: "Dear Sir: Mr. Herbert Read mentioned your name to me the other day. I have a number of books of poetry here for which I am looking for a reviewer, and I wondered whether. you would care to come and see me about it. " read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: boards
Publisher: Bowes & Bowes
Date Published: 1923
Description: Very Good, lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. Ackerley's first book in original boards. Extra spine label tipped to rear pastedown. Slight foxing to endpapers and half title page. Mild sunning to board edges. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Date Published: 1925
Description: Octavo, 108 pp. First edition. Very good in publisher's printed wrappers. Includes various ephemera concerning the 1955 revival, including a letter from director D. P. Chaudhuri and complimentary tickets to the opening. read more
Description: Fine. Addressed to his cousin by marriage, Flossie (Florence Whichelo), the two-page holograph letter is in the hand of Forster's friend, author J. R. Ackerley, who SIGNS "Joe's love" and is also SIGNED "Love as always, Morgan. " Forster thanks Flossie for various gifts and talks about Christmas plans. Early in their relationship Forster got Ackerley a position as secretary to a Maharaja he knew from writing A PASSAGE TO INDIA. Ackerley based his comic memoir HINDOO HOLIDAY on these ... read more
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