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HOPKINSON, TOM: : OF THIS OUR TIME: A Journalist's Story 1905-1950. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.HUTCHINSON,1982.

ISBN 009147860X.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten blue ink dated signature - without dedication:'Tom Hopkinson June 1982' to front free endpaper (ffe),no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned - as usual/normal; contents bright, tight and pristine - no dog-ear creases to any pages' corner tips - an unread copy? Publisher's bright,clean,sharp-cornered original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean,plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED, 1st edn,9-316pp [paginated] includes author foreword,27 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w photographs in two blocks of 4pp apiece,between pp112/3 and pp208/9 respectively,a postscript and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,and contents+illustrations lists/ tables,and 2pp blanks at rear. 'Of This Our Time' is the first part of the autobiography of one of this country's (UK) best loved journalists.The former editor of Picture Post,Lilliput and Drum describes a childhood in the north of England that was disrupted but by no means spoiled by his father's decision to give up a comfortable career in academic life in order to become a clergyman,the joyful discovery of the Lake District,which has remained his abiding love,and his schooldays in Oxford just after the First World War. Before graduating from Oxford University he had already decided that his future was to be in journalism,but there were several false starts, including a spell in advertising,before he met the eccentric but highly gifted Stefan Lorant in the 1930's and discovered the possibilities of photo-journalism,which was to find its finest expression in Picture Post. Tom Hopkinson describes the hectic and sometimes hilarious world of Picture Post and its delightful sister magazine Lilliput,a world which totally absorbed his attention and his energies throughout the war years and the early post-war period.He gives a fascinating account of his relationship with Picture Post's owner, Edward Hulton,and of the final break over the issue of the magazine's coverage of the Korean War. 'Of This Our Time' is the story of a career in journalism.It is also the story of some of the most momentous decades of this century,seen through the eyes of a truly great journalist,who has always combined perceptiveness with humour, kindness and complete integrity.Uncommon to find signed. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
'Tom Hopkinson June 1982'

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