Druce Hubert (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A hardback book in dark blue cloth and in near very good condition, dated 1911. A personal narrative of the Thames-Side murder.

FIRST EDITION. Half title; prelims & endleaves a bit spotted. Orig. navy cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt; extremities sl. rubbed, a bit cocked. A nice copy. Not in Glover & Greene. Hubin p. 126. Copac records copies at BL, NLS, Oxford & Cambridge only. Cover art depicts the Sphinx in profile. 'I have no recollection of the view I took of life before I became a murderer. But now every vista of existence that opens before me is shadowed by the fact that I have destroyed a human being. I do not mean to say that I am in any way supernaturally disturbed. No ghost haunts me. Little, laughing, passionate, good-hearted Letty was a menace to the realisation of my desires. I have killed her; and have, in consequence, been able to realise more happiness than I could have believed it possible for one man to experience in his own person.' The author is possibly actor and producer Hubert Druce, 1870-1931, who appeared on stage in both the UK and America from the late 1880s until his death.

FIRST EDITION. Half title; prelims & endleaves a bit spotted. Orig. navy cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt; small dent to outer margin of front board, head & tail of spine sl. knocked. Blue & red 'Award of Merit with compliments from John Bull' tipped in at front. A nice bright copy. Not in Glover & Greene. Hubin p. 126. Copac records copies at BL, NLS, Oxford & Cambridge only. Cover art depicts the Sphinx in profile. 'I have no recollection of the view I took of life before I became a murderer. But now every vista of existence that opens before me is shadowed by the fact that I have destroyed a human being. I do not mean to say that I am in any way supernaturally disturbed. No ghost haunts me. Little, laughing, passionate, good-hearted Letty was a menace to the realisation of my desires. I have killed her; and have, in consequence, been able to realise more happiness than I could have believed it possible for one man to experience in his own person.' The author is possibly actor and producer Hubert Druce, 1870-1931, who appeared on stage in both the UK and America from the late 1880s until his death.