Samuel Butler: Author of Erewhon (1835-1902), A Memoir
by Henry Festing Jones
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1920 . Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. An attractive two volume biography of novelist Samuel Butler, written by his close friend Henry Festing Jones, and illustrated throughout. The complete two volume second edition of English solicitor and writer Henry Festing Jones's posthumous biography of his friend, the novelist and critic Samuel Butler, best known for his satirical utopian novel 'Erewhon'.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume, and twenty one further plates. Collated, complete.Volume I discusses Butler's life from his birth to 1885, and volume II from 1885 until his death in 1902, and a discussion of the critical response to his work in the following decade.First published the previous year. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with a touch of fading to back strips. Boards bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 825F3
- Title
- Samuel Butler: Author of Erewhon (1835-1902), A Memoir
- Author
- Henry Festing Jones
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1920
- Size
- 9.5" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- samuel butler erewhon the Way of All Flesh satire erewhon
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.