Birrell francis series editor (3 risultati)

FIRST EDITION. Slim 8vo, pp. 89, (1), (6, incl. 1-page 'Principal Works Consulted' and 2-page Representative Women advert), incl. frontispiece portrait of "Dr Annie Besant" by J. Gower Parks. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, blind-stamped series' device ("Representative Women" arching over a decorative hand mirror) to upper board. Top edge red. Rubbed and bruised to extremities, gentle shelf-wear. Offsetting to endpapers, else, internally clean and tight. A pleasing copy of "the only attempt yet published to deal with the life and personality of Mrs Besant in anything like an impartial spirit". Very good "There is an idea abroad, sedulously fostered by the newspapers, that women after centuries of claustration are at last coming into their own; and that never before in the world's history have they been able to show the smallest portion of their worth. It is the object of the series entitled 'Representative Women' to dispel this comfortable generalization and to prove to the adorable adepts of our night clubs that there is a standard up to which they should at any rate attempt to live." (advert to rear). Francis Birrell (1889-1935) was a journalist, drama critic and bookseller. From 1919 to 1924 Birrell ran a bookshop with David Garnett at 19 Taviton Street, Bloomsbury (retaining his interest until 1927).…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, incl. frontispiece portrait of Montagu by J. Gower Parks. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, blind-stamped series' device ("Representative Women" arching over a decorative hand mirror) to upper board. Top edge blue, leading edge untrimmed. Pushing to heel of spine. Pencil POI to ffep, else, clean and tight. In the original blue patterned dust jacket: toned, liquid stain to spine, extremities chipped, chip to spine, short closed tear. Very good/ very good A pleasing copy of the twelfth title in Francis Birrell's Representative Women series, which sought "to prove to the adorable adepts of our night clubs that there is a standard up to which they should at any rate attempt to live"; unusual in the dust jacket. Francis Birrell (1889-1935) was a journalist, drama critic and bookseller. From 1919 to 1924 he ran a bookshop with David Garnett at 19 Taviton Street, Bloomsbury (retaining his interest until 1927). …

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, incl. frontispiece portrait of Bonaparte by J. Gower Parks. Original maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, blind-stamped series' device ("Representative Women" arching over a decorative hand mirror) to upper board. Top edge maroon, leading edge untrimmed. Pushing to spine ends, patches of sunning. Embossed monogram book label to front pastedown, POI in sepia ink to ffep: "Clive Coates of Helperby". Else, clean and tight. In the original blue patterned dust jacket: toned, extremities chipped, chip to spine. Very good/ very good A pleasing copy of the seventh title in Francis Birrell's Representative Women series, which sought "to prove to the adorable adepts of our night clubs that there is a standard up to which they should at any rate attempt to live." Francis Birrell (1889-1935) was a journalist, drama critic and bookseller. From 1919 to 1924 he ran a bookshop with David Garnett at 19 Taviton Street, Bloomsbury (retaining his interest until 1927). Sir Edward Clive Milnes Coates (1879-1971) of Helperby Hall, Yorkshire had succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet in 1921. He achieved the rank of Captain in the 15th Hussars during WWI and was Military Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He was appointed an OBE in 1919.…