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ONIONS, Oliver (1873-1961). In Accordance with the Evidence, London, Martin Secker, 1912; The Debit Account, London, Martin Secker, 1913, 8°; The Story of Louie, London, Martin Secker, 1913, 8°, together 3 works forming a trilogy, FIRST EDITIONS, INSCRIBED by the author to John Arlott on front blanks, original cloth (rubbed); and 17 other works by Onions, all but 2 inscribed to John Arlott. (20)
As a school boy, the Bradford-born George Oliver Onions dropped his final name in order to avoid playground taunts, becoming simply George Oliver "to save himself further embarrassment." However, he re-adopted the name as a pseudonym when he turned from book and magazine illustration to novel writing in about 1900, pronouncing it "O-ni-ons." In Living Authors of 1931 (p. 310), his oeuvre is described as constantly experimental. "He has written satires, crime stories, tales of the supernatural, social novels, and psychological novels .... His best work is his psychological trilogy, In Accordance with the Evidence, The Debit Account, and The Story of Louie."
As a school boy, the Bradford-born George Oliver Onions dropped his final name in order to avoid playground taunts, becoming simply George Oliver "to save himself further embarrassment." However, he re-adopted the name as a pseudonym when he turned from book and magazine illustration to novel writing in about 1900, pronouncing it "O-ni-ons." In Living Authors of 1931 (p. 310), his oeuvre is described as constantly experimental. "He has written satires, crime stories, tales of the supernatural, social novels, and psychological novels .... His best work is his psychological trilogy, In Accordance with the Evidence, The Debit Account, and The Story of Louie."