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The Grey Lady
by [Rackham, Arthur] Merriman, Henry Seton
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- first
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1897. First Thus. First edition with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Publisher's lavender-gray cloth, front cover with small blind-stamped device, lettered in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, dark gray-blue coated end-papers. Octavo 7 9/16 x 5 1/8 inches; 193 x 130 mm.). Collating viii, 342, [2, advertisements]. Twelve half-tone plates (including frontispiece). A near fine copy.
Acclaimed by The Observer that year as being "amongst the cleverest and most interesting of recent novels." Hugh Stowell Scott (1862-1903), the author, was a prominent English novelist who used the pseudonym Henry Seton Merriman. The Grey Lady was first published in 1895 without illustrations.
Acclaimed by The Observer that year as being "amongst the cleverest and most interesting of recent novels." Hugh Stowell Scott (1862-1903), the author, was a prominent English novelist who used the pseudonym Henry Seton Merriman. The Grey Lady was first published in 1895 without illustrations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Whitmore Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3759
- Title
- The Grey Lady
- Author
- [Rackham, Arthur] Merriman, Henry Seton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
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- Fine
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