Oconnor T P, Signed (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Presentation copy signed by the author "To J.A. Wassermann with affection from his mothers dearest friend Bessie O'Connor. May 13th 1911." This is the autobiography of Elizabeth Paschal O'Connor (1850 - 1931), who was the wife of Tay Pay O'Connor, Irish politician and journalist. She grew up in Texas and was raised primarily by an enslaved woman. She published several books including "My Beloved South," a memoir addressing race relations and the impact of the Civil War. She and her husband were friends with important authors of her day including Oscar Wilde, Bret Harte, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Henry James, as well as the actress Ellen Terry. Bookplate of Edward Wassermann to front pastedown. Very good in original red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Fading to spine and chipping to spine edges. Foxing to endpapers and a few light smudges to text but overall clean and bright. Includes 14 illustrations. Index, 352 pages. USBIO/092013. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. HASSALL John (illustrator). 1st Edition. Publishing Info: 1st Edition. Inscribed and signed by author. Inscribed and signed by author dated 1931 Description: Bright navy blue cloth with gilt titles to front and spine. Bw frontispiece of Bernard Partridge. Author inscription and signature to dedication page plus 36 other black and white plates. In text drawings by John Hassall. Language: English. Book Condition> Very Good: Very light wear to sharp corners, edges and spine ends. Faint semi circular mark to front and light scratches to rear. 1cm tear to mid section of front endpaper. Light foxing to front and rear endpapers. Light spotting and faint foxing to remaining prelims and rear pages. 2cm closed tear to fore edge of last uncut page. DJ Condition> No DJ. 303pp. Size: 12mo (large), 22cm by 14cm. Provenance: None. Author: Charles Hayden Coffin (22 April 1862-8 December 1935) was an English actor and singer known for his performances in many famous Edwardian musical comedies, particularly those produced by George Edwardes Hayden achieved fame as Harry Sherwood in Dorothy (1886), which became the longest-running piece of musical theatre in history up to that time; other similar roles followed In 1893, he joined the company of George Edwardes and starred in a series of extraordinarily successful musical comedies, including A Gaiety Girl (1893), An Artists Model (1895), The Geisha (1896), A Greek Slave (1898), San Toy (1899), A Country Girl (1903), Veronique (1904), The Girl Behind the Counter (1906), Tom Jones (1907) and The Quaker Girl (1910) In his later years, Coffin found success in Shakespearean roles such as Feste in Twelfth Night (1912), and in musicals, a few films and other works, such as the classic comedy The School for Scandal (1929). PLEASE ASK for additional photographs if required. Inscribed and signed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Signed. 8vo. pp. xvi, 300 + 4pp. undated publisher's adverts. Frontispiece. 15pp. black and white illustrations. Music examples to endpapers. Original publisher's blue cloth lettered gilt on spine. Signed presentation copy: 'To Father England from Betty O'Connor June 30th Our Day.' Book plate of Henry D. B. England, presumably a priest. Elizabeth Paschal O'Connor (1850 Ğ 1931) was born in Austin, Texas. She was briefly married in America and had a son. While there she met and befriended Walt Whitman. In 1885 she married her second husband, the Irish parliamentarian and writer T. P. O'Connor. The two settled in London, where O'Connor began her career as a journalist. She and her husband published 'The Star' newspaper, and she wrote a variety of books about places she had visited on her travels. Slightly rubbed at extremities, some minor small marks to covers. VG. Decent copy. Light wear otherwise very good. Signed. Signedes.

First Edition. LORD BEACONSFIELD, Mullan, 1879, first edition, inner hinges cracked, upper right corner of front panel bumped, else just about a vg copy. Inscribed by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 335, [1] pp. Illustrated. Publishers' green cloth, gilt spine titles. Very good, with some staining to boards, corners bumped, without dustwrapper. Inscribed by Sergeant Major Peter Fanning (4th Battalion, Tyneside Irish Brigade) to the great boxing champion: "From Peter Fanning, Jarrow-on-Tyne, England 27.8.28., To James J. Tunney, America." James "Gene" Tunney, the son of Irish immigrants, beat Jack Dempsey to win the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion.