CORVO.
by WEEKS, Donald (Norman Donald), 1921-2003 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Michael Joseph, (1971). First edition. A presentation copy, inscribed with a friendly greeting and signed with forename by the author in July 1971 - the recipient being Edgar S. Brown of Allentown (PA), whom the author singles out for thanks in his foreword, "for his prevailing urgent and American voice across the Atlantic". Loosely inserted is the address portion of the packaging used to convey the book from London to Pennsylvania. A full-scale biography of "the myopic, paranoiac near genius" Frederick William Rolfe, "Baron Corvo" (1860-1913) - a biography inspired by, but wholly supplanting, A. J. A. Symons' "The Quest for Corvo" (1934). Demy 8vo (23cm). (xl),(450)pp. Plates. Portraits. Original brown boards, ruled and lettered in gilt; a couple of light marks, but a very good copy in the John Riley dust-jacket - the jacket with some very minor wear at head and corners, but also very good. Ownership inscription and mark in the text against his name by Edgar S. Brown.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45005
- Title
- CORVO.
- Author
- WEEKS, Donald (Norman Donald), 1921-2003 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Michael Joseph, (1971).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Prose, Biography, Literary Criticism
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ash Rare Books
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London
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Ash Rare Books. Founded in 1946 and long one of London's more interesting small book businesses. Owned and run by Laurence Worms, former President of the ABA.
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