Stars of the Desert
by Laurence Hope
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-083: William Heinemann. Very Good. 1905. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. William Heinemann/John Lane, London/New York. 1903. 92 pgs. Bound by Riviere in full light blue leather ruled in gilt with gilt titles and raised bands present to the spine. Previous owner's bookplate present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. It is not merely that these verses describe Oriental scenes and describe them with vividness; there is feeling in the rhythm - a timbre of the words that seems akin to the sand and palm trees and the changeless East." Stars of the Desert was Laurence Hope's second book of poetry, and was first published in 1903. It was the last book by Hope to appear before her death. The inscription is dated to December 1903, and she committed suicide about ten months later, in October 1904. E-083 .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59078
- Title
- Stars of the Desert
- Author
- Laurence Hope
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- E-083
- Date Published
- 1905
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- Bookplate
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Tight
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- FFEP
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- Raised Band(s)
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