COMING OF AURORA [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR]

DE CRESPIGNY, Mrs Philip Champion [Rose] 1859-1935

Verlag: Eveleigh Nash, Fawside House, London, 1909

Beschreibung

First Edition. Inscribed by author to front free endpaper. 8vo (19cm). 368pp. Original red pictorial boards designed by Marjorie Murray (credited on title-page) depicting Helios bringing the day in his horse-drawn chariot; blocked in white, red and black to spine; white areas almost completely rubbed away, bit of rubbing to black lettering but still legible, some marks to covers; top edge a bit dust-soiled, bottom edge untrimmed, some spotting on title and first few leaves, mostly limited to margins; a solid, tight and still near very good copy. "To Lloyd - from the author - with the remembrance of a red-letter day among the hills. 1909" Rose Champion de Crespigny was an author and painter. Born in Kensington, she married Royal Naval officer Philip Augustus Champion de Crespigny in Westminster. As of December 2017, there were only six copies of this novel in UK institutional libraries and no copies found on Via Libri. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 10582

Bibliografische Details

Titel: COMING OF AURORA [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR]

Verlag: Eveleigh Nash, Fawside House, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1909

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage

Art des Buches: Book