BOOTHBY, GUY NEWELL 1867 1905 (10 resultados)

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The sixth edition in elaborate uniform blue, bevel edged, publishers cloth lettered gilt Tissue guarded frontispiece, repeating the Bulldog cover, by Stanley L Wood and 5 other striking plates 8vo 289pps +6pp publishers catalogue.Heavily foxed but clean & sound. Boothby was born in Adelaide but achieved huge success in England, wrote over 50 novels and died at the height of his fame aged only 38 in Bournemouth.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. 461.

Paperback. Condición: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. 498.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked, pictorial cloth over bevelled boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 286 pages; Physical desc. : viii, 286 p. ; 20 cm. Subject: English literature - Fiction - Miscellaneous. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked, pictorial cloth over bevelled boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 286 pages; Physical desc. : viii, 286 p. ; 20 cm. Subject: English literature - Fiction - Miscellaneous. 1 Kg.

Sixth edition hard back binding in publisher's original Oxford blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, bevelled edges. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Although an Australian national, Guy Boothby lived the majority of his life in England. He is best known for such works as the Dr Nikola series, about an occultist criminal mastermind; the character was a Victorian forerunner to Fu Manchu, and Pharos, the Egyptian, a tale of Gothic Egypt, mummies' curses and supernatural revenge. Rudyard Kipling was a personal friend and mentor of Boothby's, and George Orwell cites Boothby's books as influential, and remembered with affection. Contains tissue-guarded frontispiece, (viii), 300 pp + 12 pp publishers catalogue, with 5 further monochrome illustrations throughout. Neat bookplate to the front paste down and in Very Good clean and bright condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. LITERATURE 1900-1925.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original Oxford blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, gilt framed paper insert to the front cover, bevelled edges. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Although an Australian national, Guy Boothby lived the majority of his life in England. He is best known for such works as the Dr Nikola series, about an occultist criminal mastermind; the character was a Victorian forerunner to Fu Manchu, and Pharos, the Egyptian, a tale of Gothic Egypt, mummies' curses and supernatural revenge. Rudyard Kipling was a personal friend and mentor of Boothby's, and George Orwell cites Boothby's books as influential, and remembered with affection. Contains tissue-guarded frontispiece, (viii), 293 pp with monochrome illustrations throughout. Light spotting to the closed text block edges else in Very Good bright condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. AUSTRALIA (Terra Australis).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original aubergine cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Although an Australian national, Guy Boothby lived the majority of his life in England. He is best known for such works as the Dr Nikola series, about an occultist criminal mastermind; the character was a Victorian forerunner to Fu Manchu, and Pharos, the Egyptian, a tale of Gothic Egypt, mummies' curses and supernatural revenge. Rudyard Kipling was a personal friend and mentor of Boothby's, and George Orwell cites Boothby's books as influential, and remembered with affection. Contains (vi), 306 pp + 6 pp publishers catalogue, with monochrome illustrations by A Wallis Mills throughout. Light spotting to the closed text block edges, spine sun faded and in Very Good smart condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. LITERATURE 1900-1925.