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The Venture. An Annual of Art and Literature. 1903. Compton Mackenzie association copy
by Housman, Laurence; Maugham, W Somerset [eds.]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G: in good condition without dust jacket. Soiling and chipping to boards and spine. Edge-wear. Browning to eps. Fore and lower e
- Seller
-
Alnwick, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Baillie's / The Pear Tree Press. G: in good condition without dust jacket. Soiling and chipping to boards and spine. Edge-wear. Browning to eps. Fore and lower edges untrimmed. Occasional inner hinge cracking. Sporadic light foxing and marking. [1904]. First Edition. Quarter-cloth spine on illustrated grey papered boards. 270mm x 200mm (11" x 8"). viii, 249pp. Woodcuts by Charles Hazelwood Shannon, Reginald Savage, Charles S Ricketts, T Surge Moore, Lucien Pissarro, Bernard Sleigh, E Gordon Craig, Louise Glazier, Elinor Monsell, Paul Woodroffe, Sydney Lee, and Laurence Housman. The first of only two issues of this annual to be printed. Bookplate of Compton Mackenzie to front paste-down and his stamp to fep verso. List of content: 'Beauty's Mirror' by John Masefield, 'The Philosophy of Islands' by G K Chesterton, 'The Market Girl' by Thomas Hardy, 'Open Sesame' by Charles Marriott, 'To Any Householder' by Mrs Meynell [Alice Meynell], 'The Oracles' by A E Housman, 'The Genius of Pope' by Stephen Gwynn, 'Poor Little Mrs Villiers' by Netta Syrett, 'Blindness' by John Masefield, 'The Merchant Knight' by Richard Garnett, 'Earth's Martyrs' by Stephen Phillips, 'The Gem and Its Setting' by Violet Hunt, 'Marriage in Two Moods' by Francis Thompson, 'An Indian Road-Tale' by S Boulderson, 'Madame de Warens' by Havelock Ellis, 'The Clue' by Laurence Binyon, 'Richard Farquharson' by May Bateman, 'Jill's Cat' by E F Benson, 'Proverbial Romances' by Laurence Housman, 'Marriages are Made in Heaven' by W Somerset Maugham, 'A Phial' by John Gray, and 'A Concert at Clifford's Inn' by John Todhunter. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barter Books Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- j6465
- Title
- The Venture. An Annual of Art and Literature. 1903. Compton Mackenzie association copy
- Author
- Housman, Laurence; Maugham, W Somerset [eds.]
- Format/Binding
- Quarter-cloth spine on illustrated grey papered boards
- Book Condition
- Used - G: in good condition without dust jacket. Soiling and chipping to boards and spine. Edge-wear. Browning to eps. Fore and lower e
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Baillie's / The Pear Tree Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1904]
- Keywords
- Arts, Essays, Literary Criticism
Terms of Sale
Barter Books Ltd
We run a 'no quibble' returns policy. If we have made any error of collation or missed any significant flaw, or if we have failed to describe the condition honestly and accurately, we refund the cost of the book in full, plus the cost of outward shipping, plus the cost of your return shipping.
About the Seller
Barter Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2004
Alnwick, Northumberland
About Barter Books Ltd
Since its opening in 1991 within the premises of a small model factory at Alnwick Station, Barter Books has grown well beyond original expectations. Starting off in what was the ticket and parcel office of the original Station, the bookshop has expanded down the platforms and through the waiting rooms, until it now covers over one-quarter of the whole Station site. This translates into an area exceeding 8000 square feet and containing over 350,000 books on more than three miles of shelving. Also the Famous Writers Mural - 40 feet long by 18 feet high, the similarly sized Railway Mural and the Tennyson Installation. The bookshop also sells secondhand videos and music (CDs, LPs, cassettes, sheet music), as well as a small but growing section of artists' prints. And then there are the shop's many extra features! These include an open fire in the winter, coffee and cookies, a model railway running above the book columns, a mini-cybercafe, generous seating and browsing areas, a children's room, and dozens of glass cases containing many of the more interesting antiquarian books. The latest feature is the Station Buffet with hot and cold food and a fine selection of coffees and teas. A final note: during the enlargement process the owners took (and are taking!) particular pleasure in restoring, as they can, various features of the Station. This so far includes the original North Eastern Railway cast iron fireplaces, two of the Station clocks, a drinking fountain, and various waiting rooms. Most dramatic of all, however, was the restoration of part of the glass roof. That was when we all stood about watching as the sun came streaming in for the first time in many years to bring the wonderful old Station visually back to life.
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