THE QUEST FOR CORVO, AN EXPERIMENT IN BIOGRAPHY by A. J. A. SYMONS - 1935-01-01

NYRB Classics. Near Fine. 2001. Paperback. 0940322617 . A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. ; New York Review Books Classics; 7.9 X 5.0 X 0.7 inches; 312 pages .

The MacMillan Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1934. Paperback. Grey HB; 304 pages .

The New York Review Books Incorporated , pp. xviii + 289 . Papeback. New.

The Macmillan Co.. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Frederick Rolfe, Biographies, English authors ) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

The Folio Society. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. N.D.. Hardcover. Slipcover included and in good condition. Foxing to fore-edge of pages. - Book is in good overall condition. No writing or major blemishes. Average wear. .

New York: The Macmillan Co, 1934. First American edition, 8vo, pp. 293, [1]; 4 plates; jacket chipped with occasional small loss, spine darkened, else very good.

Macmillan. New York. 1934. First American Edition.. pp. (xiv), 293, (i). 4 text illustrations. Publisher's dark blue cloth, title and publisher's imprint in gilt spine panels, top edge of the text stained red, uncut, dust wrapper price-clipped and with very little edge wear, a nice and clean copy.

New York: MacMillan, 1934. First American edition (from English sheets). With 4 illustrations. [xiv], 293 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Dark blue cloth. Very good plus in very good dust jacket (spine faded, small cello tape repairs along top). First American edition (from English sheets). With 4 illustrations. [xiv], 293 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The standard initiatory text of the cult of Frederick Rolfe, Baron Corvo, by the genial A.J.A. Symons. A landmark of English letters in the interwar years. Woolf B14e

London: Cassell and Company. 1934. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Inscribed presentation copy. Publisher's original dark blue cloth blocked in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. With four illustrations in black and white. A very good or better copy, the binding firm with the spine slightly rolled. The cloth and gilt remain bright and fresh. The contents, toned to the text block edge are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Publisher's four page brochure for the book loosely laid in. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has tiny chip at the tips of the somewhat darkened spine. Not price-clipped (12s 6d net to the front flap). Inscribed by the author in black ink on the front endpaper "For Harold / a tribute to a long / & enjoyable friendship / with the profoundest good / wishes from his friend the / author / A. J.". The recipient is Harold Herbert Jordain Hobday, an RAF pilot officer… Read More