![i. Peter Ibbotson, with an Introduction by his cousin Lady ***** ("Madge Plunket"). ii. Trilby. A Novel. London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. 1895 First edition. 8vo. 182x140mm. pp. [x], 447, [5pp adverts]. iii. The Martian. London and New York: Harper & Brothers. 1898 First edition. 8vo. 182x140mm. pp. [viii], 471, [1], [4pp adverts].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/050/114/1317114050.0.m.jpg)
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i. Peter Ibbotson, with an Introduction by his cousin Lady ***** ("Madge Plunket"). ii. Trilby. A Novel. London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. 1895 First edition. 8vo. 182x140mm. pp. [x], 447, [5pp adverts]. iii. The Martian. London and New York: Harper & Brothers. 1898 First edition. 8vo. 182x140mm. pp. [viii], 471, [1], [4pp adverts].
by DU MAURIER, George
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Holt, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. 1896. 8vo. 182x140mm. pp. [iv], 381, [1], [2pp adverts]. Bound by Bayntun in black half morocco, pale blue linen covered boards, spine decorated and letter in gilt. Top edge gilt. The original navy blue cloth cover with gilt vignette has been pasted to the front pastedown. The binding is in excellent condition. Internally fine but with some slight staining to the fore-edge caused by the gilding to the top-edge. Illustrated by du Maurier who, before becoming a novelist was a successful cartoonist for Punch. His cartoon "True Humility" gives us the expression "Curate's Egg" although du Maurier plagiarised this from another magazine ("Judy") which run a similar cartoon with the same joke six months earlier. Whether du Maurier's novels are plagiarised we cannot say. Whether they are "curate's eggs" is another matter. du Maurier's three novels published in this uniform edition are offered here as a set of three, not sold individually.
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- Title
- i. Peter Ibbotson, with an Introduction by his cousin Lady ***** ("Madge Plunket"). ii. Trilby. A Novel. London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. 1895 First edition. 8vo. 182x140mm. pp. [x], 447, [5pp adverts]. iii. The Martian. London and New York: Harper & Brothers. 1898 First edition. 8vo. 182x140mm. pp. [viii], 471, [1], [4pp adverts].
- Author
- DU MAURIER, George
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. � 1896
- Date Published
- 1896
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Voewood Rare Books
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Holt, Norfolk
About Voewood Rare Books
Simon Finch has been a Rare Book Dealer since 1980. He has had shops in Notting Hill Gate, Mayfair and Holt, Norfolk. His firm has handled a wide variety of material from the First Folio of Shakespeare to the wilder shores of the counterculture and everything in between. In 1998, Simon bought Voewood, one of the finest Arts and Crafts and houses and brought it back to life with an eight-year programme of renovation and restoration. Voewood Rare Books, which operates from Voewood, is the continuation for Simon of a long career in the book trade. It also represents an important link with the House. Voewood is always beautiful, surprising, mysterious and perhaps a little disorientating and we aim to bring something of this spirit to the bookshop. Whilst our focus in on the visual arts, literature and the counter-culture, we deal also in a broad range of antiquarian and modern rare books across all subject areas. Our collection can be found here at Biblio and on our website. We are open by appointment and can always be contacted by email.
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