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MERRIMAN, HENRY SETON & RACKHAM, ARTHUR (Illus). The Grey Lady. George Bell & Sons (Printer) 1897, 1897.

Price: US$46.29 + shipping

Description: FIRST EDITION of this illustrated edition is claimed as publisher 'Smith Elder', but often colonial editions came out first, so this may be an earlier issue. SCARCE early Arthur Rackham illus make this a collectable book! Octavo, pink buckram boards, red lettering & gilt decoration to spine, red lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, vii + 342pp, 11 plates- all present, VG- (moderate chipping & cracking to spine extrems, moderate bruising & scuffing to board extrems, moderate fading & soiling to spine & boards, light foxing & moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, ffep missing, light to moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, moderate chipping/closed tearing to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters, light smatterings of foxing to some pages throughout)

Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand

Henry Seton Merriman; [Hugh Stowell Scott]. Nine Novels by Henry Seton Merriman. Smith, Elder, & Co 1897-1911, London, 1897.

Price: US$155.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A collection of nine popular novels by Henry Seton Merriman, including first editions, examples of his wonderful Victorian novels that were widely read at the time. A collection of nine volumes by Henry Seton Merriman, the pseudonym of Hugh Stowell Scott.Merriman is a popular English novelist, best known for 'The Sowers', which is set in Russia, and his India set novel 'Flotsam'.'In Kendar's Tents', the first edition of this work, published in 1897. Four pages of adverts to the rear.'The Velvet Glove', the first edition of this work, published in 1901. Six pages of adverts to the rear.'The Vultures', the first edition second impression, published in 1902. Four pages of adverts to the rear.'From One Generation to Another', a new edition, published in 1903. Four pages of adverts to the rear.'The Slave of the Lamp', a new edition, published in 1903. Six pages of adverts to the rear.'Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories', the second impression, published in 1904. Sixteen pages of adverts to the rear.'Flotsam the Study of a Life', the seventh impression, published in 1906. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Collated, complete.'The Grey Lady', the seventh impression, published in 1906. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven plates by Arthur Rackham. Collated, complete. Two pages of adverts to the rear.'Barlasch of the Guard', the twelfth impression second edition, published in 1911. Four pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. A little rubbing to the spines. A few minor marks to the boards and spines, a little heavier to the front board of 'Barlasch of the Guard'. Front hinge of 'The Vultures' is starting but firm. Rear hinge of 'From One Generation to Another', 'The Slave of the Lamp', is starting but firm. Bookseller's label to the rear paste downs. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just a couple of light spots. Spots a little heavier to 'The Vultures' and 'Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories'. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the title page of 'The Velvet Glove', to the half-title and title page of 'The Vultures' Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Henry Seton Merriman / Arthur Rackham. The Grey Lady. Smith, Elder, 1897.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

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Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands

[Rackham, Arthur] Merriman, Henry Seton. The Grey Lady. Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1897.

Price: US$700.00 + shipping

Description: First edition with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Publisher's lavender-gray cloth, front cover with small blind-stamped device, lettered in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, dark gray-blue coated end-papers. Octavo 7 9/16 x 5 1/8 inches; 193 x 130 mm.). Collating viii, 342, [2, advertisements]. Twelve half-tone plates (including frontispiece). A near fine copy. Acclaimed by The Observer that year as being "amongst the cleverest and most interesting of recent novels." Hugh Stowell Scott (1862-1903), the author, was a prominent English novelist who used the pseudonym Henry Seton Merriman. The Grey Lady was first published in 1895 without illustrations.

Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.