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Joyce.
by Oliphant, Margaret
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1888 First edition of an uncommon title. OCLC lists twelve copies in North America. Publisher's taupe cloth with spine and covers stamped in gilt. . Three volumes, twelvemo. Spines cocked, binding extremities lightly rubbed, but still a fine, bright copy. Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897) was born in Scotland. Her first novel, Passages in the Life of Margaret Maitland (1849) attracted the attention of both Charles Dickens and Charlotte Brontë. She worked extensively for the publishing firm of Blackwood's, becoming as she described it the "general utility woman," sometimes contributing as much as one third of their periodical. In later life she became the friend of Thomas Carlyle. As the sole breadwinner responsible for an alcoholic brother and several children, she wrote constantly to make ends meet, and her publications numbered around ninety. At the end of her life, she regarded her work as generally a failure. Her tales of the supernatural, however, have recently been republished and are highly regarded. Tennyson, Gladstone and Darwin all praised her work.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16807
- Title
- Joyce.
- Author
- Oliphant, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's taupe cloth with spine and covers stamped in gilt.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition of an uncommon title. OCLC lists twelve copies in
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1888
- Pages
- 4], 313, [1], [2, ads]; [4], 316; [4], 306, [2, ads] + 32 pp. publisher's catalogue.
- Size
- Three volumes, twelvemo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Los Angeles, California
About Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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