richard gallienne whittington egan geoffrey smerdon (4 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. by Richard Whittington-Egan and Geoffrey Smerdon. London: The Unicorn Press, (1960). First edition, first printing. Twenty-eight photographs on glossy black-and-white plates. An in-depth biography with letters, of the literary poet, who traveled in the literati circles, was married three times, carried his first wife's ashes with him wherever he went, was the father of the famous actress Eva, and was a lifelong friend of Oscar Wilde, with whom he had a brief affair. Fine in polished blue linen with gilt embossed titles to the spine; lacking a dust jacket. Royal Octavo; 580 pages; catalogue of writings, chronology; index.

first edition 580pp ills. VG+ (mod.soiled w.sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,te blue,edges sl.soiled) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned w.price sticker to spine,bumps and chipping and minor closed tears to extrems.w.sl.loss to head of spine).

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. 580 pages. Light shelf wear and discoloring; bookplate and name inside; very good shape otherwise. The dust jacket has some stains, wear and tear. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 208295.

First Edition. Portrait frontispiece, plates Slight spotting at fore-edge and end-papers a little browned, otherwise a very nice copy in slightly soiled dust-wrapper.