The King of Alsander; Collected Prose; Collected Poems; Hassan: The Story of Hassan of Bagdad.. (4 volumes as a set)

£1,500.00

Flecker James Elroy

William Heinemann Ltd, Full Niger Morocco, Near Fine

In stock

SKU: AB117608 Categories: , , Tags: , , , , ,

Description

AB117608, Flecker James Elroy, The King of Alsander; Collected Prose; Collected Poems; Hassan: The Story of Hassan of Bagdad.. (4 volumes as a set), London, 1914, William Heinemann Ltd, Mixed Editions, Full Niger Morocco, Near Fine, pp. xii, 304, 1914 1st edition; viii, 269, 1920 1st edition; xxxi, 249, 1923 8th imp.; (v), 183, 1926 11th imp. A.e.g. Uniformly bound by Mudie in different coloured skins with Flecker’s name on front boards surrounded by crossed garlands of leaves in gilt. Spines ruled at heads & tails with four hatched lines (all in gilt) on those edges & divided into six panels with title & author in gilt in the second. All other panels gilt stamped with either a flower or, in the novel’s case, a crown motif in each. Board edges have a gilt pin point decorative roll. Turn-ins have single line fillets at outer edge & french fillets at their inner edge comprised of, working outwards; a single, pin point & scalloped lines with a flower at head & tail fore corners. The binder’s signature stamp is in gilt at the tail of front paste-down end papers. All the books have an inscription dated January 1924 to Brita Lingen Gurney who probably knew Flecker but certainly did his mother; we have a card (not for sale here) from Mrs Flecker to her dated May 1924 discussing proof reading ‘The Life of James Elroy Flecker: from Letters & Materials Provided by His Mother’ & requesting Ms Gurney’s help in locating the following words of Roy’s For thee

Additional information

Publisher Place

Publisher Year

Edition

Mixed Editions

Binding Type

Full Niger Morocco

Book Condition

Near Fine

Language

English