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Edward Shanks (1892–1953)

Author of The People of the Ruins

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Includes the name: Edward Buxton Shanks

Image credit: Cropped scan from dust wrapper of Penguin No.165. Photo attributed to Elliott & Fry.

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Works by Edward Shanks

The People of the Ruins (1920) 45 copies
Queer Street Vol 2 (1938) 7 copies
Rudyard Kipling: A Study in Literature and Political Ideas (1971) 6 copies
Old King Cole (1936) 5 copies, 1 review
The queen of China, and other poems 4 copies
Queer Street Volume One (1938) 3 copies
The enchanted village (1933) 3 copies
BERNARD SHAW (1974) 3 copies
Second Essays on Literature (1975) 3 copies
Queer street, 2 copies
Book handbook : an illustrated quarterly for owners and collectors of books, vol. 2, no. 4, December 1951-March 1952 (1951) — Editor — 2 copies
Book handbook; an illustrated quarterly for discriminating book-lovers (1951) — Editor — 2 copies
Tom Tiddler's ground (1934) 2 copies
No title 2 copies
Elizabeth Goes Home (1944) 1 copy
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Associated Works

Kipps (1905) — Introduction, some editions — 565 copies, 14 reviews
The Undying Monster (1922) — Appendix, some editions — 93 copies, 2 reviews
Great Unsolved Crimes (1975) — Contributor — 9 copies
Famous Fantastic Mysteries, Vol. 08, No. 5, June 1947 (1947) — Contributor — 3 copies

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Canonical name
Shanks, Edward
Legal name
Shanks, Edward Richard Buxton
Birthdate
1892-06-11
Date of death
1953-05-04
Gender
male
Education
Merchant Taylors' School, London
University of Cambridge (Trinity College)
Occupations
poet
journalist
literary critic
novelist
Nationality
UK
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Place of death
London, England, UK
Associated Place (for map)
London, England, UK

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