Aylwin.
by WATTS-DUNTON, Theodore
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Tamworth, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1899. First English edition. [apparently preceded by an American edition dated 1898].. Octavo, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and in red on the upper board, pp. 472, + [1] publisher's advertisement for the "Now Ready Second edition" of The Coming of Love. With a 3pp. A.L.s., on The Pines letterhead, dated 14, XII, 06, asking an acquaintance to lunch or dinner in hopes of obtaining an "opinion upon a point connected with abeyance in an old barony. It is connected with a novel that I am now working on." The letter is in a secretarial hand, but is signed in full by Watts-Dunton. Aylwin, the author's best known work, is a roman a clef with "a number of disguised Pre-Raphaelite characters including Rossetti". Inner hinges are cracked, last 25 pages are shaken but holding, small Christmas label on the title page, bookplate Library of Thos. D. Murray on front pastedown, small bookseller's label on rear pastedown, corners are lightly bumped, lower corners a little worn, base of spine has small tears, head of spine is a little rubbed, overall covers are clean and bright. A very good copy. Colbeck p. 92; Fredeman 64.1; NCBEL III: 1456..
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- Bookseller
- Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09973
- Title
- Aylwin.
- Author
- WATTS-DUNTON, Theodore
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Hurst and Blackett, 1899. First English edition. [apparently preceded by an American edition dated 1898]..
- Keywords
- PRE-RAPHCAT; THEODORE WATTS-DUNTON
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pre-Raphaelites;
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Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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Tamworth, Ontario
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- Shaken
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