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New York: Privately Printed, 1st Edition, 1954. Hardcover. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Very good in beige cloth backed light blue paper covered boards with gilt title to blue title label on spine. Light fading to edges blue boards, minimal edgewear. Poetry. POET1308311. Very Good. More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1899. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. An interesting association copy - the book is inscribed on the title page by Anne Crawford Flexner, who had secured the dramatic rights for Mason's novel: "(Alfred Edward Woodley Mason) (Dramatized by Mrs. Flexner and presented in N.Y. in 1901 by Mrs. Fiske & Lee [?])" Anne Crawford Flexner (1874-1955) was a successful American playwright and an early advocate of the women's suffrage movement. This was her first produced play. It was produced and staged by Minnie Fiske, who also played the title role.
A modern retelling of Homer's Odyssey which later influenced James Joyce's Ulysses. Bound in the original blue cloth with the bright gilt title stamped to cover and spine, along with a lovely embossed floral design. t.e.g. Light wear to edges and spine ends. Foxing to endpapers but rest of interior is extremely clean and bright. Tightly bound. In very good condition. 312 pages plus 16 pages of publisher ads. LIT/8083. Very Good. More
London: Smith, Elder, 1896. Hardcover. Mary Augusta Ward, née Arnold, (1851-1920) was a preeminent Victorian and Edwardian novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward. Her uncle was the poet Matthew Arnold. Ward's novels contained strong religious subject matter relevant to Victorian values. She was popular in the United States as well as Britain. Her book Lady Rose's Daughter was the best-selling novel in the United States in 1903, as was The Marriage of William Ashe in 1905. Ward's most popular novel was the religious "novel with a purpose" Robert Elsmere. Sir George Tressady was her 7th novel. It was originally published as a serial from 1895 to 1896. This is the FIRST TRADE EDITION and is a PRESENTATION COPY inscribed to the author's younger sister "E.M. Arnold with the writer's love." Ethel Margaret Arnold planned a stage career and had literary ambitions, later becoming known as a "New Woman Journalist." Her relationship with Ward was difficult, but she served as the model for Alice, the heroine's mentally unstable 'manic sister', in Eleanor (1900). This novel is somewhat of a sequel to Marcella as its heroine is a central character in this novel as the married Lady Maxwell. Tressady, the title character is a married baronet who falls in love with Marcella. Octasvo. Original green cloth boards with gilt title to spine and black title to front board. Joints are tender, spine is rubbed and worn, and corners are bumped. There are a few small dark spots to the rear board. There is minor browning to the endpapers, else the interior is clean. 571 pages plus ads. LIT/030306. Very Good. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1943. Hardcover. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR'S BROTHER WILLIAM. Very good, presentation copy in red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Interior is clean and bright. Inside flap from original dust jacket is laid in. 280 pages. Literature. LI2/11080. Very Good. More