List, Ye Landsmen! A Romance of Incident
by William Clark Russell
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
$381.23$343.11
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About This Item
London: Cassell and Company, 1893 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. A signed presentation copy of the scarce first single volume edition of this nautical adventure novel, with a signed letter from the author"s wife, Annie Clark Russell. The scarce first single volume edition of this work, which was first published in a vanishingly scarce three volume edition earlier in the year.Flat signed to the half title "To A.P. Watt from his friend W. Clark Russell".Watt was a British literary agent generally regarded as the first true literary agent following his arrival on the literary scene in the late 1870s. From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son, literary agent of Rudyard Kipling.With a letter from the author"s wife loosely inserted, addressed "Dear Mr. Watt, my husband has asked me to send you the accompanying copy". She explains "he would write to you by himself but he was too ill". She closes with "I trust you are well, with our kindest regards [
] Annie Clark Russell".Clark"s novel is a seafaring adventure set in 1815, when tensions in Europe ran high. Russell was best known for his nautical novels, and among his contemporary admirers were Herman Melville, Algernon Swinburne and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In a half morocco binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Light fading to back strip as is common with blue morocco, with light rubbing to back strip head and tail and joints. Internally, firmly bound. Inscribed to half title. Pages generally clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 894F40
- Title
- List, Ye Landsmen! A Romance of Incident
- Author
- William Clark Russell
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- William Clark Russell a p watt Anna Maria Alexandrina Clark Russell a p watt
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...