Henry Major Tomlinson grew up in the East End of London, the great seaport (described in London River, destroyed in the Blitz). He became a shipping clerk, a journalist, a war correspondent, a newspaper editor, and a travel writer and novelist. He was greatly affected by the futile slaughter of World War I. His first book was ignored at the time but has been frequently reprinted since for a small, discerning audience such as yourself; his other works have not remained popular, at least in the United States. Deaf, bald, he always wore the black bowler hat of an East End clerk.
Professional writers should not read Tomlinson. No doubt any who try will throw away their keyboards in disgust when they compare their own frail abilities. His style and thinking must have been influenced by Emerson and Thoreau but is really that of the King James Bible, Homer and Shakespeare. His subject matter is often natural history or the foolishness of mortals who do not always realize the transcendental reality behind a common glance. His accounts of the sea, travel, and the Great War have not been surpassed. He is one author who produces quotable paragraphs on each page and can be read with pleasure again and again. It is time today to acknowledge his greatness.
Please note that all these works may be under copyright in the United Kingdom and other countries outside the United States of America.
Listings from the Library of Congress PREM catalog online at locis.loc.gov follow, with some additions from the British Library online, and with some pointers to our online editions and to reprints.
19-17304: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- The sea and the jungle, London, Duckworth & co. [1913] 3 p.l., 354 p., 1 l. front. 23 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: F2546 .T65 20-18335: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- The sea and the jungle, New York, E. P. Dutton & company [1920] vii p., 1 l., 371 p. 22 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: F2546 .T66 37-30980: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- The sea and the jungle, New York, E. P. Dutton & co. [1928] 4 p.l., 371 p. 18 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: AC1 .E8 no. 800f 28-11088: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- The sea and the jungle, New York, The Modern library [1928] x, 332 p. 17 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: F2546 .T662 [foreword by Christopher Morley] 30-28268: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- The sea and the jungle, being the narrative of the tramp steamer Capella from Swansea to Santa Maria de Belem do Grao Para in the Brazils, and thence 2,000 miles along the forests of the Amazon and Madeira rivers to the San Antonio falls; New York and London, Harper & brothers, 1930. xvii p., 1 l., 333 p. front., illus., plates. 23 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: F2546 .T663 1930: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873-1958 The sea and the jungle, London, Duckworth, 16 woodcuts by Clare Leighton, probably same as Harper edition of 1930 [foreword by author] 38-2242: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- The sea and the jungle, being the narrative of the voyage of the tramp steamer Capella from Swansea to Santa Maria de Belem do Grao Para in the Brazils, New York and London, Harper & brothers [c1938] xi, [1] p., 1 l., 333 p. illus. 20 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: F2546 .T664 1964: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873-1958 The sea and the jungle, New York, Time-Life Reading Program, paper, intro by V. S. Pritchett 1971: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873-1958 The sea and the jungle, Barre, Mass., Imprint Society, collector's edition illus. by Garrick Palmer 1996: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873-1958, The sea and the jungle, Paperback Published by Marlboro Pr (Marlboro Travel Series) Publication date: April 1, 1996 Dimensions (in inches): 8.32 x 5.30 x .81 ISBN: 0810160110 (list price $14.95)
19-15918: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Old junk, London, A. Melrose ltd., 1918. x p., 1 l., 227, [1] p. 20 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PR6039.O35 O5 1918 23-17336: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Old junk, New York, A. A. Knopf, 1923. 4 p.l., 11-208 p. 22 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PR6039.O35 O5 1923 33-37984: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Old junk, London, J. Cape [1933] 224 p. front., plates. 20 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PR6039.O35 O5 1933 [British Library online catalog states the 1933 editon was a revision.] Reprint: Books for Libraries Press, ISBN: 0836925742
22-5328: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- London river. London, New York [etc.] Cassell and company. ltd., 1921. 267, [1] p. front. 21 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PR6039.O35 L6 1921 21-20418: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- London river. New York, A. A. Knopf, 1921. 251 p. 22 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PR6039.O35 L6 1921a 52-40454: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- London river. [Enl. and completely rev.] London, Cassell [1951] 145 p. illus. 24 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PR6039.O35 L6 1951 [1951 edition includes photographs by his son, Charles, and a new story, "The Master of the Rockingham"]
46-40728: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Waiting for daylight, London, New York [etc.] Cassell and company, ltd, 1922. viii, 255, [1] p. 21 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PR6039.O35 W3 1922a (Rare bk. Coll.)
25-8512: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Tidemarks: some records of a journey to the beaches of the Moluccas and the forest of Malaya, in 1923, London, New York [etc.] Cassell and company, ltd. [1924] 3 p.l., 311, [1] p. front. 22 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: DS601 .T6 1924a 24-28785: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Tide marks, being some records of a journey to the beaches of the Moluccas and the forest of Malay in 1923, New York and London, Harper & brothers, 1924. 4 p.l., 295 p. front., plates. 23 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: DS601 .T6 34-11271: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Tide marks, being some records of a journey to the beaches of the Moluccas and the forest of Malaya in 1923, New York, Blue ribbon books [1931] 4 p.l., 295 p. front., plates. 22 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: DS601 .T6 1931
27-23851: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Under the red ensign, London, Williams and Norgate, ltd., 1926. 4 p.l., 195 p. 23 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: VK57 .T4 1926a 27-27776: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- The foreshore of England; or, Under the red ensign, New York and London, Harper & brothers [1927] 3 p. l., 195 p. 23 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: VK57 .T4 1927
27-19641: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Gallions Reach, New York and London, Harper & brothers, 1927. 5 p. l., 283, [1] p. front., plates. 20 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PZ3.T5973 Ga 1984 reprint: Academy Chicago Pub, ISBN: 0851152295
28-19108: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- A brown owl, Garden City, Henry & Longwell, 1928. 4 p. l., [3]-19 p. 15 x 14 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PR6039.O35 B7 1928 (Office)
34-20561: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Cote d'Or, London, Faber & Faber [1929] 3 p. l., 9-23 p. 20 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PR6039.O35 C6 1929d
29-12081: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Thomas Hardy New York, C. Gaige, 1929. xxx p., 1 l. incl. front. (port.) 24 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PR4753 .T6 1971 reprint: Haskell House Pub Ltd, June 1971, ISBN: 0838312837, $50.95
29-12403: Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Pierre; New York, E. P. Dutton & co. inc. [c1929] 2 p.l., vii-xxvii, 505 p. 23 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PZ3.M498 Pi6
London: The Reader, pp. 11 ca31-223: Blunden, Edmund Charles, 1896- comp. The war, 1914-1918: London, Pub. by the Reader [1929] 11, [1] p. 25 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: Z6207.E8 B65 30-12744: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- War books, Cleveland, Ohio, The Rowfant club, 1930. 3 p.l., [3]-36 p., 1 l. 21 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: Z6207.E8 T6
30-11843: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Between the lines, Cambridge, Harvard university press, 1930. 4 p. l., 3-50, [1] p. 19 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PN58 .T6 Between the Lines. [An address on modern tendencies in literature.]. pp. 50. Harvard University Press: Cambridge, Mass., 1930. 8o.
30-845: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- All our yesterdays, New York, London, Harper & brothers, 1930. 4 p.l., 3-445, [1] p. 20 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PR6039.O35 A75 1930
30-26626: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- ed. Great sea stories of all nations, Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran & company, inc., 1930. xxiv p., 1 l., 1108 p. 22 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PZ1.T597 Gr 37-10653: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- ed. Great sea stories of all nations, Garden City, N.Y., Garden City publishing co., inc. [1937] xxiv p., 1 l., 1108 p. 22 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PZ1.T597 Gr 4 1991 reprint: Smithmark Publishing, ISBN: 0831739924
London: Chatto & Windus, 8vo, pp. xxi. 253.
46-42512: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Norman Douglas, London, Chatto & Windus, 1931. 3 p.l., 63, [1] p. 21 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PR6007.O88 Z8 1931a (Rare bk. Coll.) 53-26233: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Norman Douglas. [Enl. and rev.] London, Hutchinson [1952] 80 p. 19 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PR6007.O88 Z8 1952 31-30428: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Norman Douglas, New York, London, Harper & brothers, 1931. 3 p.l., 77, [1] p., 1 l. front. (port.) 25 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PR6O07.O88 Z8 1974: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873-1958 New York: Haskell House Pub Ltd ISBN: 0838318045, (list price $75.00)
New York: Cheshire House, 1st ed.
46-41548: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Out of soundings. London, W. Heinemann ltd., 1931. 7 p.l., 308 p., 1 l. incl., plates. front. 23 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PR6039.O35 O8 1931a (Rare bk. Coll.) 31-26705: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Out of soundings, New York and London, Harper & brothers, 1931. 6 p.l., 282 p., 1 l. incl. front., plates. 23 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PR6039.O35 O8 1931 reprint: Books for Libraries Press, ISBN: 0836918541
45-48041: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- The snows of Helicon. London, W. Heinemann ltd. [1933] 3 p.l., 279 p. 19 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PR6039.O35 S6 1933 (Rare bk. Coll.) unk83-5608: Tomlinson, Henry Major. The snows of Helicon. N.Y. & Lond., 1933. 1 v. cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PZ3.T5973 Sn
34-42003: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Below London bridge, London [etc.] Cassell and company, limited [1934] 3 p. l., 112, [1] p. incl. plates. 25 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: DA684 .T6 1934 35-4845: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Below London bridge, New York and London, Harper & brothers, 1935. 4 p. l., 71, [1] p. 48 pl. 23 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: DA684 .T6 1935
34-28456: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- South to Cadiz, New York and London, Harper & brothers, 1934. vii, 195 p. 23 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: DP42 .T6
35-27428: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Mars his idiot, New York and London, Harper & brothers, 1935. 4 p.l., 230 p., 1 l. 23 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: U21 .T65
39-3165: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- ed. An anthology of modern travel writing, London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson & sons, ltd. [1936] p. cm. LC CALL NUMBER: G170 .T6 London, T. Nelson & Sons: 8o, pp. ix. 260.
37-10340: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- All hands! London, Toronto, W. Heinemann, ltd. [1937] ix, [1], 333 p. 20 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PZ3.T5973 Al 37-6380: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Pipe all hands, New York and London, Harper & brothers, 1937. ix p., 1 l., 326 p. 1 l. 21 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PZ3.T5973 Pi
39-31675: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- The day before; a romantic chronicle. New York, G. P. Putnam's sons [c1939] 4 p. l., 3-297 p. 21 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PZ3.T5973 Day
42-7908: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- The wind is rising, London, Hodder and Stoughton ltd., 1941. vi, 234 p. 19 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: D811.5 .T6 1941 42-36104: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- The wind is rising, Boston, Little, Brown and company, 1942. 6 p.l., 3-271 p. 21 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: D811.5 .T6 1942
42-3992: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. David Copperfield Syracuse, N.Y., The L. W. Singer company [1942] 2 p. l., 466 p. 21 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PZ3.D55 D105
45-10896: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- The turn of the tide, London, Hodder & Stoughton, limited [1945] 179, [1] p. 19 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: D811.5 .T58 47-1797: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- The turn of the tide, New York, The Macmillan company, 1947. 4 p.l., 182 p. 21 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: D811.5 .T58 1947 The Turn of the Tide. [An account of a sea voyage in 1935, and reflections, in journal form, on events in the years 1941-44.]. pp. 179. Hodder & Stoughton: London, 1945. 8o. Shelfmark: 010498.c.17.
47-16950: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Morning light, the islanders in the days of oak and hemp London, Hodder & Stoughton limited [1946] 304 p. 21 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PZ3.T5973 Mo 47-4559: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Morning light; the islanders in the days of oak and hemp. New York, Macmillan Co., 1947. 304 p. 23 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PZ3.T5973 Mo2 ltf91-67710: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Commodore Gay; les Anglais au temps du chene et du chanvre (Morning light) [Paris] Hachette [1950] 257 p. LC CALL NUMBER: 4PR 5104
51-669: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- The face of the earth, London, Duckworth [1950] vii, 246 p. port. 23 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: G246.T6 A3 1951: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873-1958 Face of the earth, with hints for those about to travel, Ayer Co Pub, ISBN: 0836923804, $18
London: Dropmore Press, pp. x. 105, 8o.
51-38458: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- The haunted forest; London, Hodder & Stoughton [1951] 64 p. illus. 20 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PZ7.T5972 Hau
52-735: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- Malay waters; the story of little ships coasting out of Singapore and Penang in peace and war. London, Hodder and Stoughton [195] 199 p. illus. 23 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: HE880.M3 T6
Rev. Alan Balding: London, 1952. 8o. Shelfmark: 07822.h.45.
53-26432: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- A mingled yarn, autobiographical sketches. London, G. Duckworth [1953] 172 p. illus. 22 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PR6039.O35 M5 1953 53-6137: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- A mingled yarn; autobiographical sketches. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill Co. [1953] 172 p. illus. 23 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PR6039.O35 M5 1953a 1977 reprint: Ayer Co Pub, ISBN: 0836922549, $17
54-22884: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- H. M. Tomlinson; London, Hutchinson [1953] 288 p. illus. 21 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PR6039.O35 A6 1953 H. M. Tomlinson. A selection from his writings made by Kenneth Hopkins. [With a portrait.]. pp. 288. Hutchinson: London, 1953. 8o. Shelfmark: 12299.f.27.
57-32715: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- The trumpet shall sound. London, Hodder & Stoughton [1957] 191 p. 20 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PZ3.T5973 Tr2 57-6459: Tomlinson, Henry Major, 1873- The trumpet shall sound. New York, Random House [1957] 239 p. 21 cm. LC CALL NUMBER: PZ4.T5973 Tr