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Through the Eye of the Needle: A Romance

Through the Eye of the Needle: A Romance

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Through the Eye of the Needle: A Romance

by William Dean Howells

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London and New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers , 1907. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None . The first UK edition of William Dean Howell's utopian novel. The first UK edition of this work. Novel by William Dean Howells, final in the 'Altrurian trilogy' written in the form of epistolary novel. Centres around the love affair between Homos and Evelith Strange, a wealthy widow of the American plutocracy. William Dean Howell was an American novelist and playwright, known as editor of 'The Atlantic Monthly' and his own prolific works.Bookplate by the prominent London bookseller and amateur photographer Frederick Evans to front pastedown, based on a design for a chapter heading drawn by Aubrey Beardsley for his illustrated edition of the Sir Thomas Malory's 'Morte D'Arthur' (1893). Evans and Beardsley were close friends. The most celebrated photographic portrait of the artist is the one taken by Evans.  In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with only light bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities. Back strip darkened, boards lightly marked. Front free endpaper excised by previous owner. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good

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Bookseller
Rooke Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
871A27
Title
Through the Eye of the Needle: A Romance
Author
William Dean Howells
Illustrator
None
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Harper & Brothers Publishers
Place of Publication
London and New York
Date Published
1907
Size
8" by 5.5"
Keywords
utopy first editions american fiction first editions

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