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Famous British Authors Collection

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: Rafael Sabatini, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills

Rafael Sabatini, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills
Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950), Italian/English writer of novels of romance and adventure, 1937. Cigarette card 30 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: Walter de la Mare, 1937. Artist: Walter de la Mare

Walter de la Mare, 1937. Artist: Walter de la Mare
Walter de la Mare (1873-1956), English poet and novelist, 1937. Cigarette card 9 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: A. J. Cronin, 1937. Artist: Archibald Joseph Cronin

A. J. Cronin, 1937. Artist: Archibald Joseph Cronin
Archibald Joseph Cronin (1896-1981), Scottish novelist, physician and author, 1937. Cigarette card 7 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: Warwick Deeping, 1937

Warwick Deeping, 1937
George Warwick Deeping (1877-1950), prolific English novelist and short story writer and doctor, 1937. Cigarette card 8 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: Marjorie Bowen, 1937

Marjorie Bowen, 1937
Marjorie Bowen, pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret Vere Long nee Campbell (1885-1952), British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography, 1937

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: Phyllis Bentley, 1937

Phyllis Bentley, 1937
Phyllis Bentley (1894-1977), English novelist and critic, native of Halifax, Yorkshire, 1937. Cigarette card 3 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: John Buchan, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills

John Buchan, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills
John Buchan (1875-1940), Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada 1937. He created Baron Tweedsmuir

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: Denise Robins, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills

Denise Robins, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills
Denise Robins (1897-1985), English romantic novelist and the first President of the Romantic Novelists Association (1960-1966), 1937

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: Beverley Nichols, 1937. Artist: Beverley Nichols

Beverley Nichols, 1937. Artist: Beverley Nichols
Beverley Nichols (1898-1983), author, playwright, journalist, composer, and public speaker, 1937. Cigarette card 25 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: Compton Mackenzie, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills

Compton Mackenzie, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills
Compton Mackenzie OBE (1883-1972), writer of fiction, biography, histories and memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist, 1937

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: Commander Stephen King-Hall, 1937

Commander Stephen King-Hall, 1937
Commander Stephen King-Hall (1893-1966), author, playwright and broadcaster, 1937. Cigarette card 20 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: Margaret Kennedy, 1937

Margaret Kennedy, 1937
Margaret Kennedy (1896-1967), English novelist and playwright, 1937. Cigarette card 19 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: Francis Brett Young, 1937

Francis Brett Young, 1937
Francis Brett Young (1884-1954), English novelist, poet, playwright, and composer, 1937. Cigarette card 40 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: Sheila Kaye-Smith, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills

Sheila Kaye-Smith, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills
Sheila Kaye-Smith (1887-1956), English writer, 1937. Cigarette card 18 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: Rebbecca West, 1937. Artist: Cicely Isabel Fairfield

Rebbecca West, 1937. Artist: Cicely Isabel Fairfield
Dame Cicely Isabel Fairfield DBE (1892-1983), known as Rebecca West, British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer, 1937

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: Hugh Walpole, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills

Hugh Walpole, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills
Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (1884-1941), New Zealand born English novelist, 1937. Cigarette card 36 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: Annies Swan, 1937

Annies Swan, 1937
Annies Swan CBE (1859-1943), Scottish journalist, novelist, story writer and public speaker, 1937. Cigarette card 35 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: GB Stern, 1937

GB Stern, 1937
GB Stern (1890-1973), novelist, critic, journalist, essayist and playwright, 1937. Cigarette card 34 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: R. C. Sherriff, 1937

R. C. Sherriff, 1937
RC Sherriff FSA, FRSL (1896-1975), English writer best known for his play Journeys End, 1937, playwright and author, 1937

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: Storm Jameson, 1937

Storm Jameson, 1937
Margaret Storm Jameson (1891-1986), English journalist and author, known for her novels and reviews, 1937. Cigarette card 17 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: ASM Hutchinson, 1937. Artists: Unknown, Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson

ASM Hutchinson, 1937. Artists: Unknown, Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson
Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson (1879-1971), novelist and editor of the Daily Graphic, 1937. Cigarette card 15 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: Ian Hay (Major John Hay Beith), 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills

Ian Hay (Major John Hay Beith), 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills
Major General John Hay Beith, CBE (1876-1952), British schoolmaster and soldier, best remembered as a novelist, playwright, essayist and historian who wrote under the pen name Ian Hay, 1937

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: AP Herbert, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills

AP Herbert, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills
AP Herbert (1890-1971), novelist and humorist, 1937. Cigarette card 14 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: Elinor Glyn, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills

Elinor Glyn, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills
Elinor Glyn (1864-1943), British novelist and scriptwriter who specialised in romantic fiction, 1937. Cigarette card 12 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: Sir Philip Gibbs, 1937

Sir Philip Gibbs, 1937
Sir Philip Gibbs, (1877-1962), English journalist and prolific author of books who served as one of five official British reporters during the First World War, 1937

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: Sapper (Lt-Col Cyril McNeile), 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills

Sapper (Lt-Col Cyril McNeile), 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills
Herman Cyril McNeile, MC (1888-1937), 1937. Commonly known as Cyril McNeile and published under the name HC McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, he was a British soldier and author

Background imageFamous British Authors Collection: John Drinkwater, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills

John Drinkwater, 1937. Artists: Unknown, WD & HO Wills
John Drinkwater (1882-1937), poet, dramatist, and biographer, 1937. Cigarette card 10 of 40 from Famous British Authors published by WD & HO Wills


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