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Naomi Jacob
      
Life
1889-1964 [Naomi Ellington Jacob]; b. Ripon, Yorkshire; ed. Middlesborough High School; teacher and
suffragette; successful actress, London; author of several works in ‘Me’
autobiog. series; also two plays; popular novels incl. Jacob Ussher; Honour’s a Mistress; The Gollantz Saga; Mary of Delight; Heat of the House; Second Harvest; Morning Will Come; her sole Irish book, The Irish Boy (1955), is about Michael Kelly, the
singer [q.v.]; latterly lived at Sirmione, Italy. IF2
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References
Desmond Clarke, Ireland in Fiction: A Guide to Irish Novels, Tales, Romances and Folklore [Pt. 2] (Cork: Royal Carbery 1985), offers summary of The Irish Boy, 1955: son of Dublin wine merchant; retained gift of pure song after his voice broke; lessons from St. Georgio; meeting with Rauzzini proved turning-point in career; sang for Charles Edward (Pretender); met Casanova; close friend of Mozart, performing in his operas;
creates robust and endearing Dublin of [his] childhood.
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White wool (London: Hutchinson: Hurst and Blackett, 1973.
The loaded stick (London: Hutchinson: Hurst and Blackett, 1973.
Under new management (London: Hutchinson 1942.
A late lark singing (London: The Book Club, [1951].
Three queer lives: an alternative biography of Fred Barnes, Naomi Jacob and Arthur Marshall by Paul Bailey ( 1937- ) (London: Penguin Books 2001 (256 pages [8] pages of plates: illustrations; 20 cm (London: Hamish Hamilton, 2001.
Four generations (NY, The Macmillan Company, 1934.
Honour come back (NY: Macmillan, c1935.
Four generations (London: Hutchinson, 1973.
“That wild lie” (London: Hutchinson, 1973.
Private Gollantz (London: Hutchinson, 1973.
Me over there (London: Hutchinson, 1946.
Me looking back, foreword by Bransby Williams (London: Hutchinson, 1950.
The founder of the house: (first of the Gollantz saga) (London: Hutchinson, 1973.
Me: likes and dislikes (London: Hutchinson, 1954.
Young Emmanuel: (third of the Gollantz saga) (London: Hutchinson: Hurst and Blackett, 1973.
Me - yesterday and to-day (London: Hutchinson [1957].
Me again; with 18 illustrations (London: Hutchinson [1937].
“That wild lie” (London: Futura, 1985.
The loaded stick (London: Hurst & Blackett, 1968.
Young Emmanuel (London: Futura, 1985.
Private Gollantz (London: Piatkus, 1984.
Private Gollantz (London: Futura, 1985.
The founder of the house (London: Futura 1985.
Young Emmanuel (London: Piatkus, 1984.
More about me (London: Hutchinson, 1946.
“That wild lie” : (second of the Gollantz saga) (London: Arrow Books, 1971.
Private Gollantz: (fifth of the Gollantz saga) (London: Arrow Books, 1971.
Four generations (London: Piatkus, 1984.
Four generations (London: Futura, 1985.
Gollantz and partners (London: Futura, 1986.
Props (London: Hutchinson & Co [1932].
Gollantz: London - Paris - Milan: (the sixth of the Gollantz saga) (London: Arrow Books, 1971.
Gollantz: London, Paris, Milan (London: Piatkus, 1985.
Gollantz and Partners (London: Piatkus Editions, 1985, c1958.
Antonia (London: Hurst & Blackett, 1969.
(Gollantz: London, Paris, Milan: the Gollantz saga 6 (London: Futura, 1985, c1948.
Susan Crowther (London: Hurst & Blackett, 1969.
Me again (London: Hutchinson, 1939.
“That wild lie” (Loughton: Piatkus, 1983.
Me in war-time (London; Melbourne: Hutchinson [1940].
Me, yesterday and to-day (London: Hutchinson, 1957.
More about me / Naomi Jacob; with 19 illustrations (ondon: Hutchinson, 1939.
Yolanda (London: R. Hale [1963].
Four generations (London: Hurst & Blackett, 1968.
Flavia (London: Hale, 1980.
Private Gollantz (London: Hurst & Blackett, 1968.
Honour's a mistress (London: Hurst & Blackett, 1969.
This porcelain clay (London: Hutchinson & co [1939].
Great black oxen (London: Hale, 1972.
"That wild lie" (London: Hutchinson [1930].
Young Emmanuel (London: Hurst & Blackett, 1968.
Naomi Jacob: the seven ages of 'Me' / foreword by George Wood. [With a portrait.] (Norbury, James (London, 1965.
That wild lie (London: Hurst & Blackett, 1968.
Me again; with 18 illustrations (London: Hutchinson [1937].
Me: a chronicle about other people (London: Hutchinson, 1933.
Leopards and spots (London; New York [etc.]: Hutchinson [1942].
Four generations: (fourth of the Gollantz saga) (London: Arrow Books, 1971.
(Gollantz & partners (NY: New American Library, 1974.
The founder of the house (Loughton: Piatkus, 1983.
The founder of the house (London: Hurst & Blackett, 1968.
'That wild lie (NY: New American Library, 1973.
Gollantz: London, Paris, Milan (London: Hutchinson [1948].
Young Emmanuel: (third of the Gollantz saga).
Roots (London: Hurst & Blackett, 1968.
Private Gollantz (London: Hutchinson, [1943].
Gollantz; London, Paris, Milan (London: Hurst & Blackett, 1968.
Gollantz and partners (London: Hutchinson, c1958.
Gollantz; London: Paris: Milan (London: Arrow Books, 1965.
Gollantz and Partners (Leicester: Charnwood, 1986, c1958.
They left the land (London: Hutchinson [1940].
Gollantz & Partners: (the seventh and last in the Gollantz saga) (London: Arrow Books, 1971.
Opera in Italy. By N. Jacob and James C. Robertson, etc. [With plates, including a portrait.].
Young Emmanuel (London: Arrow, 1965.
“Our Marie” (Marie Lloyd): a biography (Bath: Cedric Chivers, 1972 (London: Hutchinson & Co [1948].
Gollantz & partners (More about me, with 19 illustrations (London: Hutchinson, 1939 (London: Futura, 1986.
Sally Scarth (London: Hurst & Blackett 1968.
Me, looking back / Naomi Jacob; with a foreword by Bransby Williams (London: Hutchinson, 1950.
Robert, Nana and - me: a family chronicle (London; New York: Hutchinson, 1952.
Private Gollantz (NY: New American Library 1973.].
Sally Scarth (London: Hutchinson, 1976.
Four generations (London: Arrow, 1965.
Poor straws (London: Hurst & Blackett, 1970.
Shadow drama / (arranged and edited from .. notes and rough drafts by .. Naomi Jacob.) (Abbott, Nina (London, 1940.
Full meridian (London: Hurst & Blackett, 1968.
A passage perilous (London: Hutchinson: Hurst and Blackett, 1973.
Barren metal (1936.
Under new management (London: Hutchinson 1942 (248p.
"Honour come back-" (New York: Macmillan c1935 (431 p.;.
Tales of the broad acres (London: Hutchinson (1931, 1934, 1940).
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