Thorne Guy Pseudonym (7 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Unknown. Title: The Serf Author: Guy Thorne (pseudonym Cyril Arthur Edward, Ranger Gull) Format/Binding: Hardcover, No jacket Edition: Unknown Publisher: R. F. Fenno & Co. Date Published: Circa 1907 Size: 8vo Pages: 310 + ads "A story of England during the reign of King Stephen when the serfs reached the limit of their endurance under the oppression of the barons. The author has made a careful study of the history of medieval times and his narrative is a vivid portrayal of the conditions that existed in the first half of the 20th century. The hero is a serf whose daughters are captured and taken to the castle for the pleasure of its inmates. Tortured to the limit of his strength, he and other serfs plan to kill his master, and the story resounds with the clash of swords and cries of battle that result from the insurrection. In order to give the true atmosphere and color of the period when the action occurs the author describes with as much delicacy as possible the bestial habits of the nobles and the priests recording anecdotes and legends illustrative of the beliefs and superstitions of the people." -The bookseller 1907 No date. Circa 1907 Condition: Soiling, rubbing, staining to covers, soiling to page edges and to edges of rear endpapers. Lacking the dust jacket. See photos clphE.

hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Author's Second Book after When It Was Dark Religious Fiction. Condition: Soiling and rubbing to covers, and page edges, light toning to endpapers, previous owner notations to bottom edge of rear pastedown. Lacking the dust jacket. See photos clphE.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. "There are as many social degrees in the peerage as there are in the middle and lower classes. There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter-it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation." 360 pages + ads Condition: Edge wear, dust soiling to page edges. See photos. clphe.

First published two years earlier as "The Drunkard " and a companion to " The Cigarette Smoker" an Anti-smoking diatribe written in the form of a novel, under his real name of Ranger Gull.8vo.482pps. Long dedication to Louis Tracy.4pps of advertisement. A little worn but clean & sound in original publishers blind stamped cloth. Several other titles by this author are available including "Wine the Mocker" and " The Cigarette Smoker".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 328 Pp. Blue Ribbed Cloth, Gilt And Stamped In Blind On Spine An Front Cover. First Edition, 1908 Date On Title Page; Also Known With A 16 Pp Catalog At End, Priority Unknown. Near Fine, Gilt Brilliant, Light Rubbing To Cloth At Edges (Mostly At Corners), Slight Foxing To Endpapers, No Marks, Hinges Tight And Without Cracks. Per Wikipedia, Guy Thorne Was The Pen Name Of Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull (1875 - 1923), A Prolific English Journalist And Novelist Best Known For His Novel When It Was Dark: The Story Of A Great Conspiracy (1903). He Also Wrote Under The Names C. Ranger Gull And Leonard Cresswell Ingleby. Thorne Was Educated At Denstone College, Manchester Grammar, And Oxford University, Although He Left Without Taking A Degree. He Was On The Literary Staff Of The Saturday Review 1897-98, Writing Also For The Bookman And The Academy. He Was Editor Of London Life In 1899, Then Joined The Daily Mail And Later The Daily Express. He Also Wrote For The Gossip Weekly Society. His First Novel Was The Hypocrite: A Novel Of Oxford And London Life, Published Anonymously In 1898. From 1900, He Was Engaged In Writing Fiction, Producing About 125 Novels In The Succeeding Years. The Most Famous Was When It Was Dark, Which Reached Sales Of 500,000 Copies. The Book Describes The Attempt By A Jew, The Malevolent Constantine Schaube, To Overthrow The Whole Of The Christian World By Fraudulently Disproving The Resurrection. After Its Publication, The Bishop Of London Preached About When It Was Dark At Westminster Abbey. Calling It "A Remarkable Work Of Fiction" He Said It Depicts How The World Would Be If The Resurrection Were Proved To Be A Gigantic Fraud. ". . .You Feel The Darkness Creeping Round The World, You See . . . Crime And Violence Increase In Every Part Of The World. When You See How Darkness Settles Down Upon The Human Spirit, Regarding The Christian Record As A Fable, Then You Quit With Something Like Adequate Thanksgiving, And Thank God It Is Light Because Of The Awful Darkness When It Was Dark." When It Was Dark Has Been Criticised For Its Stereotyping Of Jews And Their Portrayal As Intent On Destroying What Thorne Viewed As The Most Valuable Element Of British Life - The Christian Faith And The Spiritual Values Associated With It. A Sequel When It Was Light (1906), Often Attributed To Gull, Was Probably Written By George Reginald Bacchus. Thorne Was A Prolific Author Of Horror And Mystery Novels Which Sometimes Have A Redeeming Bizarreness. His Novels Include: Made In His Image (1906), The Soul-Stealer (1906), The Angel (1908), Not In Israel (Dedicated To Cecil Broadhurst, 1913), And It Came To Pass (1915), The Secret Sea-Plane (1915), The Enemies Of England (1915), Lucky Mr Loder (1918), The Secret Monitor (1918), The Air Pirate (1919), Doris Moore (1919), The House Of Danger (1920), The City In The Clouds (1921), The Love Hater (1921), The Dark Dominion (1923) And When The World Reeled (1924). He Also Wrote Numerous Essays And A Biography Of Frederick Nicholas Charrington (1850-1936), The English Social Reformer Who Devoted His Life To Temperance Work. Thorne Was A Close Friend Of The Publisher Leonard Smithers And A Friend Of The Poet Ernest Dowson. He Was Known For His Heavy Drinking. Who's Who 1906 Listed His Recreations As Shooting And French Literaturl.

hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Presumed first edition, no other statement of printing. Blue embossed boards with black lettering. 250 pages with 16 page catalog at rear. Condition: Edge wear, foxing to page edges, corners bumped, previous owner name to front free endpaper, shelf slant, light foxing to a few pages, wear and light rubbing to covers. Lacking the dust jacket. See photos. LR2/1E.

Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v-vii [viii] 9-183 [184] [185-192: ads] + two advertising inserts on coated paper, original pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition. Imaginary war novel. A shilling shocker issued by a British publisher of military books. 1918 church school gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Wrappers lightly worn at edges, rear wrapper dusty, a sound, good copy. (#172457).