Harriet Hume
by Rebecca West
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hutchinson and Co, 1929. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. An uncommon, first edition of this novel by noted author and journalist Rebecca West. Undated, dated from Library Hub and the adverts which are dated 1929. Rebecca West is best known for her adaptability to write in a diversity of genres. She was also a literary critic and journalist who was a correspondent for 'The Bookman' and notably covered the Nuremberg trials for 'The New Yorker'. This is a modernist novel about a piano playing prodigy and her obsessive lover. The protagonist Harriet Hume is depicted as an ethereal and whimsical woman by her lover Condorex, a man bent on power. Hume learns she can read his mind and follows her triumph over man's quest for dominance and destruction. A twentieth century classic, here in its first edition form. Understandably without the vanishingly scarce Rex Whistler dustwrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor bumping to the head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Heavy spotting to the first and last few pages and to the fore-edge. Otherwise, the odd light spots to pages. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 761L14
- Title
- Harriet Hume
- Author
- Rebecca West
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hutchinson and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Rebecca West Hume Modernism Hume
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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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.
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