somerville ross martin pseud violet (21 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. London: George. G. Harrap & Company Ltd, 1925. Reprint of book first published by Longmans in 1908. 256p. Foxing to early and late pages and page edges. Owner's name on front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's very good green boards.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. spine bumped and a trifle chipped, covers marked, publisher's catalogue dated March 1911, fore edge feintly spotted, ownership signature, later front free endpaper, good. first published 1911; 340 pages; keywords: fiction - women authors;

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. no dust jacket, spine bumped, fore edge feintly spotted, a nice copy. first published 1908; 256 pages; keywords: fiction - women authors;

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. no dust jacket, spine bumped and a trifle dulled, fore edge spotted, ink inscription front free endpaper, a nice copy. first published 1903; 246 pages; keywords: women authors;

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1895. First edition. vi+186p.+32p. publisher's catalogue. With numerous illustrations by E. Oe. Somerville. Presentation inscription on front free endpaper. Front endpapers splitting at spine.Slight spotting to half-title, slight colouring added to illus. on p. 67. Publisher's blue boards and spine faded, scuffed and grubby with some marks.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. very good. first edition; 311 pages; keywords: fiction - women authors;

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. spine bumped chipped sunned and repaired at head, corners a trifle rubbed, eight tinted illustrations by E OE Somerville, ownership signature front free endpaper, good. first edition; 312 pages; keywords: fiction - women authors;

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. spine bumped dulled and chipped, illustrated by E OE Somerville, advertisement leaves, ownership signature front free endpaper, good. first edition; 315 pages; keywords: fiction - women authors;

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. spine bumped, small mark upper cover, a nice copy. first edition; 309 pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. no dust jacket, spine bumped and a trifle sunned, scattered spotting to endpapers and fore edge, a nice copy. first edition; 266 pages; keywords: women authors;

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.viii, 126. With in-text illustrations by Somerville. In publisher's yellow cloth with blue titles to spine and blue dog motif to upper board. With original orange pictorial dust jacket. Chipping to jacket edges; one particularly large chip from front cover bottom edge. Good overall. An anthology of dogs from previous publications by Somerville and Ross.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. no dust jacket, spine bumped, paper label tanned, illustrated, shelf-wear, a nice copy. first edition; 284 pages including appendices; keywords: fiction - women authors;

FIRST EDITION. Foolscap Quarto (22x18cm). pp. x, 132. With 4 full-page illustrated plates including frontispiece, and 17 further in-text illustrations by the author, Edith Somerville. In publisher's mauve cloth with gilt titles to white cloth label on spine. With original orange and white dust jacket featuring black titles. Black ink inscription to front paste-down, dated 1936. Roughly cut in one or two instances. Small closed tears to jacket, with a few small chips from jacket spine and corners. A few minor marks; age-toning to jacket spine and edges. Very good overall. Another selection of Irish hunting stories.

First edition signed by Edith Somerville on title-page. Square 8vo, pp. 134. Original orange boards, lettered in black to spine. Leading and bottom edges uncut. Boards a little rubbed and marked, darkening to lower spine, but a well preserved copy lacking the dustwrapper. Edith Somerville [1858-1949] and her writing partner, her cousin Violet Martin ('Martin Ross') [1862-1915] are best known for writing theIrish R.M.stories together. After Violet's death Edith, a firm believer in seances and the afterlife, continued to proclaim dual authorship of her books, as here.

First edition. Inscribed by Edith Somerville to her niece, Katherine Coghill, "Edith OE Somerville to Katherine Coghill. Hotel des Baignots, Dax, Landes, France, October 13 1920". Somerville has noted on the back free endpaper in red ink two errata which have been corrected in red ink in the text. Pasted below this is a small piece of lined paper with 5 more errata (one repeating the red ink) listed in black ink. It is possible that this copy was used by Somerville as a proof copy before she presented it to her niece. 8vo., original blue cloth (without dust wrapper) lettered in black on spine and upper board and with title in white on upper board. Spine a little darkened, cloth a little rubbed, otherwise a very good copy. This collection of studies and sketches, most of which had already appeared in print elsewhere, is the work of both authors, and unusually their respective contributions are itemised here in the list of contents. In an author's note in the Somerville & Ross Bibliography, Edith writes, "These essays etc, have been gathered into one fold as much from sentiment as from any conviction of their value, and also from a wish to preserve the record of a visit to Denmark. The fact that the separate and joint work of the authors is indicated, may give the articles some added interest, and I wish to make special reference to Martin Ross' musings during a winter's night in Connemara. It first appeared in the review, 'The Englishwoman', and is entitled 'At The River's Edge'. I have yet to meet the passage of English prose that can compare with it in sheer beauty, and I may add that more than one Anthologist has given practical proof that he, to some extent at all events, shares my opinion.".

Seventh Edition. Signed by Edith Somerville directly onto the title-page and with cut signature of Violet Martin pasted onto the title-page. 8vo., original red cloth with paper spine label. Some fading, light rubbing and a little bobbling otherwise a very good copy. Somerville and Ross books with signatures of both authors are uncommon. "Lovely rural Irish idyll near Munster about hunting, hounds, buying horses, large country houses and romance.".

Pirated edition. From the library of Katharine Johnston [nee Coghill], the niece of Edith Somerville, with her bookplate. First published by Spencer Blackett in 1891. Somerville and Ross are best known for theirIrish R.M.stories; this early novel, written at the request of a local clergyman, is in a more serious vein. In Elizabeth Hudson's bibliography of the authors, she notes: 'A unique copy ofNaboth's Vineyardwas in the possession of Messrs. Spurr & Swift of London in 1932 and was described by them as having the name of Richard E. King Ltd. as being the publisher, but no date. This book was bound in brown cloth with gilt edges. As this edition was totally unknown to the authors, it seems fair to assume that it is a pirate edition.' The literary scholar Nevill Coghill was Edith Somerville's nephew. In his copy of the bibliography we find the following note: 'Another copy of the pirated edition is in the possession of my sister Katharine, who says it is bound in green. This is Katharine's copy, and bears her bookplate to the front pastedown.' Richard Edward King was a notorious figure, seen variously as a hero for developing publishing into a mass market producing 'Books for the Millions' - or a villain for printing books for which he did not hold the copyright and for being an insurance fraudster arsonist. The business at the Curtain Road premises was a short-lived affair at the end of Victoria's reign. 8vo., original green cloth lettered and decorated in black on upper board, Spine a little darkened, cloth a little rubbed, foxing to endpapers, some browning to text block. A good copy of a cheaply produced book. A curious publishing anomaly.

First edition. Inscribed by Somerville to her niece "'For Katharine with love from D. May 5 1928.' 'D' was the family diminutive for Edith. The recipient was Katharine Johnston (née Coghill), whose bookplate adorns the front pastedown. Additionally signed by the author on the title-page. 8vo., Original red boards, lettered in gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. Browning to preliminaries, (Somerville family) bookplate to front pastedown, a little wear to spine ends, but a very good copy in a very good dustwrapper, chip to head of (browned) spine not affecting text. Somerville and her writing partner, her cousin Violet Martin ('Martin Ross') wrote theIrish R.M.stories together. Violet died in 1915, but Edith, firm believer in the afterlife and a regular attender of seances, used the 'Somerville and Ross' authorial description for the rest of her career. The dedication to this book reads: 'To My Collaborator.' An excellent family association.

Fifteenth Impression and New Impression. With illustrations by Edith Somerville. Both volumes signed directly on the title-page by Edith Somerville and with cut signatures of Violet Martin pasted onto the title-pages. With an additional pair of cut signatures pasted onto the front free-endpaper of Further Experiences. 8vo., original red cloth with paper spine labels. Some fading, light rubbing and bobbling to boards, otherwise very good copies. Somerville and Ross books with signatures of both authors are uncommon.

First edition, inscribed to her niece 'Katharine, from D., Christmas 1928.' 'D' was the family diminutive for Edith. The recipient was Katharine Johnston (née Coghill). Additionally signed by the author on title-page. 8vo, pp. 309. Original green boards, lettered in black to front panel and gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Lettering faded to spine, offsetting to endpapers, corners a trifle bumped, but a very good copy in a very good dustwrapper, chip to foot of spine, which is browned, a couple of small closed tears and light edgewear. Violet Martin, Edith Somerville's lifelong companion and pseudonymous writing partner, died in 1915, four years before the publication of this volume. In a prefatory note to the book Somerville writes: 'This book was planned some years ago by Martin Ross and myself. A few portions of it were written, and it was then put aside for other work. Without her help and inspiration, it would not have been begun, and could not have been completed. I feel, therefore, that to join her name with mine on the title-page is my duty, as well as my pleasure.' For the rest of her life Somerville, believer in the afterlife and regular attender of seances, continued to publish her solo novels under the authorial description of 'Somerville and Ross'. Scarce in dustwrapper, this copy is also signed and comes with a fine family association.

First edition. Edith Somerville's own copy, signed by her on the title-page, with a newspaper clipping on front free-endpaper showing the author receiving an honorary degree at Dublin University captioned by hand by Somerville "Wednesday June 29th 1932", and with a photograph of Somerville in her academic gown holding this copy of this book on front paste-down. The photograph is signed and dated in ink by Somerville "E. OE. Somerville Hon Litt D. 1932". 8vo., original cloth with rather grubby and tatty dust wrapper with loss at head and tail of spine and some other chips and rubbing. Somerville and her writing partner, her cousin Violet Martin ('Martin Ross') wrote theIrish R.M.stories together. Violet died in 1915, but Edith, a firm believer in the afterlife and a regular attender of seances, used the 'Somerville and Ross' authorial description for the rest of her career. The incorruptible Irishman in question is Charles Kendal Bushe, former Chief Justice of Ireland and the author's great grandfather.