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FREWEN, Moreton.:. Melton Mowbray & Other Memories.. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1924.

Price: US$51.98 + shipping

Description: 1st edition. Autobiography of the Anglo Irish writer Moreton Frewen. Pp.xii/311, portrait frontispiece + 15 further black & white plates, dampstain to margin of p.98 and top margin of facing plate. Grey cloth, bleaching to top front andrear corners. Scarce. G+.** "Frewen was a charming if financially incompetent adventurer from an English landed gentry family known for reckless financial and political schemes. He ran through two family fortunes before being granted a remittance and "encouraged" by family to emigrate to America.He emigrated to Wyoming during the cattle boom in the 1870s and 1880s. He married an American heiress and they settled together on a huge Wyoming ranch, The Prince of Wales Ranch, where Frewen built an enormous log lodge/castle later destroyed by fire and ran up ever increasing debt, earning the sobriquets "Mortal Ruin" and "the splendid pauper". Returning to the United Kingdom, where he owned homes in London and Cork, Frewen served as Vice President of the Imperial Federation League. He wrote on tariff reform and other economic matters, and was an advocate of bimetallism. He became involved in Irish affairs through inheriting the Innishannon Estate, some 3,000 acres near Cork, and through his friendships with Lord Dunraven and Timothy Healy (MP). He was elected unopposed at the December 1910 general election as an All-for-Ireland League MP for North East Cork, taking his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He resigned on 5 July 1911 because his seat was needed for Healy and because of his reactionary public statements: his opposition to the Parliament Bill to remove the legislative veto of the House of Lords was proving a political liability. Later he signed the British Covenant in support of Ulster, while continuing to engage in political intrigues". (wiki).

Seller: CHILTON BOOKS, SUDBURY, United Kingdom

Frewen,Moreton. Melton Mowbray & Other Memories. Herbert Jenkins, London, 1924.

Price: US$58.48 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: This is a Very Good Copy of this book in publisher's green cloth with black title lettering to spine and upper cover.No Dust-Jacket.This is a nice bright copy with vivid black titles to spine and upper cover.No dust-jacket.Slight signs of spotting to spine of the book.Illustrated with some 16 wonderful b&w plates.The binding remains firm with no hinge weakness.The binding remains firm with no hinge weakness.The book does have some foxing to the fore-edge.An attractive copy of this uncommon book on this historic Sussex town and the Author's further exploits.First Edition 8vo (viii) 311pp First Edition [1924]

Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom

FREWEN, Moreton. MELTON MOWBRAY and OTHER MEMORIES. London Herbert Jenkins 1924, 1924.

Price: US$67.58 + shipping

Description: FIRST EDITION. 8vo., bound in green cloth, 346pp, indexed, illus throughout with b/w plates. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown, occasional pencil lines and notes within text. Light wear and foxing, overall a Good copy. (SHELF 200) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Seller: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Frewen, Moreton. Melton Mowbray and Other Memories. Herbert Jenkins Limited, London, 1924.

Price: US$99.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Publisher's gray cloth. Corners slightly bumped, foxing to block edge; occasional foxing to pages. Sound and square. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.

Moreton Frewen. Melton Mowbray & Other Memories. Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1924.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, first printing. Reminiscences of Anglo-Irish writer Moreton Frewen, including sections on his life in Wyoming in the United States during the cattle ranching boom. There is some light foxing found through the inside of the book; the text and images are otherwise unmarked. Pages are lightly yellowed, the page edges are age tone. Binding is sturdy. Covers show some light wear around the corners and at the head and base of the spine. No dust jacket.

Seller: Grey Matter Books, Hadley, MA, U.S.A.