Violet Martin (84 results)

softcover. Condition: Very good. 2nd printing. Trade paperback. xxiv [4] 298 pages. Very good condition. ".the one outstanding Irish novel of the nineteenth century." V.S. Pritchett. Ireland. Studio.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edtion, Reprint of 1990. Text/NEW, showing margin discoloration. Forrest green linen boards/Fine. DJ/VG; strong w/nips, chips, short tears & rubs to edges. Sticker removal scar to upper corner of fEP. Anthology of lively letters between Anglo-Irish authors Edith Somerville (1858 - 1949) and Violet Martin (1962 - 1915), whose collaborated on numerous novels and short stories including The Real Charlotte, and its series of comic stories, Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. Volume illustrated with photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. E.?. Somerville (illustrator). "Further Experiences of an Irish R. M. " written by by E. ?. Somerville and Martin Ross in 1908 is a subsequent follow-up to the previously published "Some Experiences of an Irish R.M." (1899). The copy here offered is a reissue, published by Longmans, Green & Company in 1910. It retained the excellent illustrations (both textual line drawings and plate illustrations) by E. ?. Somerville. E. ?. Somerville was Edith Anna ?none Somerville; and Martin Ross was Violet Florence Martin. The two women were best life-long friends and , together, they wrote a great many stories, some of them, such as the Irish R.M. stories, were gathered into compilations and presented, appearing almost like episodic novels. An R.M. was the abbreviation for Resident Magistrate, which position was established as a sort of 'guiding hand' from the colonial power, officiating in courts and other local affairs. The position was taken by individuals of suitable class who had sufficient knowledge of the law. The Irish R. M. stories focus on the character Major Yeates, who has retired from British military service and taken the position of R. M. in a rural Irish community - this circa 1897. The books were immensely popular and an Irish television series starring Peter Bowles was created in the 1980s, closely based on the books. TITLE : Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. AUTHOR : E. ?. Somerville (Edith Anna ?none Somerville, 1858 - 1949) -- and Martin Ross (Pseudonym of Violet Florence Martin (1862 - 1915) ILLUSTRATOR : E. ?. Somerville IMPRINT : Longmans, Green and Co. PLACE : London DATE : 1910 EDITION : Reissue (so stated) [Likely Third Edition - my estimation] STATUS : Longmans, Green edition OP - J. M. Dent edition OP. PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade hardcover; contains numerous line drawings through the text, as well as plate illustrations (including frontispiece, which has a tissue guard); viii + 315 pages +[i] + 3 pages of publisher's promotional list; 5 1/8" x 7 3/8"; dark red cloth covered boards & spine; gilt lettering and embellishment on spine; front board has lettering and embellishment in blind; paper used for text is thick. CONDITION -- GOOD PLUS -- This is a previously owned book that has the previous owner's penciled signature , and which shows considerable signs of handling, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR - Spine extremities are compressed and frayed; spine surface is darkened , but lettering, etc. is still, if somewhat dulled, still quite legible; covers display surface rub, scattered smudging and various small damp stains; weathering and darkening about edges ; corners bumped, with attendant small splitting of cloth (at bottom corner tips at fore-edge). Text-block edges are considerably toned - it is obvious that the edges have been cleaned - this to acceptable effect. BINDING - the book has obviously been read. Slight lean to front; text-block slightly shaken, with cracking to hinges at various points - the leaves open widely and readily; There is evidence of mending neatly effected to the paper over the front end-paper hinge; rear end-paper hinge is solid (not split). The binding as a whole may be considered to be somewhat tender, but holding. INTERIOR - The end-papers display a slight bit of cover dye bleed at edges - this is minor and not egregious. A previous owner signed their name in pencil on the front free end-paper (M. A. Ferguson). The end-papers are toned. The tissue guard for the frontispiece is toned and has a crease. The paper throughout is considerably toned; there is a fair amount of foxing and spotting of divers form; a few leaves had been folded down - one in particular with quite a wide diagonal crease - weathering displays on the pages adjacent to the fold, running exactly along the crease; human use has further added some smudging and spotting. I must say the book has seen a lot of use, but is still quite serviceable.

Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. First Edition. Good Plus solid hard cover First Printing without a dust jacket. Spine slightly faded. Four small ink marks on the title page. Some foxing and browning to the endpapers.

ISBN 0-571-15348-8. Hardback. Very Good condition book, with some browning to edges of interior pages, minor bump on bottom edge of back cover, in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. Later Printing. 14.99 (English pounds) original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Pages starting to embrown from the edge, dustwrapper slightly faded at spine and a little frayed at one corner. With the ownership signature of Mirabel Cecil.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; Green cloth w/gilt titles; 340 clean, unmarked pages. Typically charming, gently humorous novel of Ireland from the female writing team which is most famous for the "Irish R.M." stories.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. pp XII, 337. Everymans Library No. 978. DJ complete with very small losses to extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. London: George. G. Harrap & Company Ltd, 1925. Reprint of book first published by Longmans in 1908. 256p. Foxing to early and late pages and page edges. Owner's name on front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's very good green boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Everyman's Library - No. 978 - Green linen-like cloth on boards with bright gilt lettering to spine. Book is tight, square, sharp-cornered. Introduction by E.O. Somerville - patterned endpapers. Check out our other Everyman's selections along with Home University and Modern Library. 392 pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. FACSIMILE REPRINT OF THE ORIGINAL BOOK PUBLISHED IN 1894. Paperback. Lovely glossy cover with engraving of contemporary woman has light wear to cover, indents, shallow crease down back cover. Couple of indents to page edges. Binding tight, pages clean, some pages have thumbing creases, some knocked edges. Dispatched from UK in one to two working days.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. Canty, Thomas (illustrator). 1st Printing. A lightly creased spine with light egde rubbings. No store stamp. Stories by : George R. Martin, Carlos Fuentes, Thomas Hardy, Thomas M. Dish, Violet Hunt, John W. Capbell, Theodore Sturgeon, Elizabeth Engstrom, Frederik Pohl, & Gertrude Atherton.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Martin, Liam C. (illustrator). Pp. 50. Limited edition of 500 copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 440pp. Green cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Lightly rubbed spine heel, backstrip has a crease. Top text block edge foxed, fore-edge just starting. Two previous owner's names on front pastedown. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun-faded, has shelf wear, 1cm closed tear on rear board at spine head, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped (large square removed from front flap). A classic collection of humorous stories by Edith Somerville and Violet Martin, adapted into a popular and well-done TV comedy-drama series starring Peter Bowles in the 1980s.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition.

Octavo, illustrations by E. OE. Somerville, original decorated blue cloth. First edition. Collection of sketches and stories, some set in Ireland, mostly nonfiction, ranging from the very short to a 100-page article on Denmark. Cloth lightly rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, some scuffing to cloth at bottom edge of front panel, spine panel a bit sunned, hairline crack along inner front hinge, still a tight, very good copy. (#113142).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Marjorie Hartwell (cover), George Carlson, Herman L. Drucklieb, Anne R. Chuse, George H. Wert, Jack Coombs, Violet Moore Higgins, B.L. Cuming, Verna G. McCully, Anne Apletree, Caroline Eastman Morse (illustrator). pictorial wraps; unpaginated clean, unmarked pages, moderate toning; .items by John Martin, M. Agnes Van Alen, Patten Beard, Flether White, Alberta N. Burto, Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, Will P Snyder, Sarah Harbine Weavr, Chester m. Cogswell, lois J. Vile, Isaac Watts, Fanny Bingham, Kate Jordan Louise H. Guyol, Jo E.L. McMahon, Rowene Brown Davies Laura Chadbourne Puffer. Etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. no dust jacket, spine bumped and a trifle dulled, fore edge spotted, ink inscription front free endpaper, a nice copy. first published 1903; 246 pages; keywords: women authors;

Hardcover. Condition: Good. spine bumped and a trifle chipped, covers marked, publisher's catalogue dated March 1911, fore edge feintly spotted, ownership signature, later front free endpaper, good. first published 1911; 340 pages; keywords: fiction - women authors;

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. no dust jacket, spine bumped, fore edge feintly spotted, a nice copy. first published 1908; 256 pages; keywords: fiction - women authors;

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1895. First edition. vi+186p.+32p. publisher's catalogue. With numerous illustrations by E. Oe. Somerville. Presentation inscription on front free endpaper. Front endpapers splitting at spine.Slight spotting to half-title, slight colouring added to illus. on p. 67. Publisher's blue boards and spine faded, scuffed and grubby with some marks.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. box pck edition. 11.25x9.00x2.00 inches. In Stock.

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11 x 20cm. 312 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Previous owner's name on half-title page. The Big House at Inver is a product of the fruitful collaboration between cousins Edith Somerville and Violet Martin, who together wrote some thirteen novels, including the classics The Real Charlotte and Experiences of an Irish R.M. The Big House at Inver is, in the words of Somerville: "the history of one of those minor dynasties that, in Ireland, have risen, and ruled, and rioted, and crashed in ruins". The novel records the rise and fall of the Prenderville family in their majestic house on the west coast of Ireland. It opens in the late nineteenth century with the birth of Kit Prenderville whose upbringing is in the hands of his devoted half-sister Shibby. Her single-minded aim is to restore the Prendervilles to their former glory by finding a suitable bride for Kit. But his principal concern is training horses, and his interest in getting married is strictly secondary. The characters in this tragicomic story are drawn with all the skill and force for which the authors are justly famous. [From jacket notes] Sprache: english.

Condition: Fine. First Folio Society edition hard back binding in publisher's original emerald green cloth covered boards, blocked in black, gilt back. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [xvii], 268 pp with monochrome drawings throughout by Paul Cox. Fine condition book in Fine condition slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. FOLIO SOCIETY.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. No jacket. In protective mylar cover. Binding solid and pages clean. General yellowing and external wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. very good. first edition; 311 pages; keywords: fiction - women authors;

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Charles Mozley (illustrator). 1st Edition. First published as a collected edition in 1928, this is a seventh impression of 1958. Some slight edge wear and to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed, some slight dust and time staining to unlaminated jacket, some darkening and foxing to spine. Price clipped, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 437pp. Edith Anna ?none Somerville (1858-1949), was an Irish novelist who habitually signed herself as 'E. ?. Somerville'. She wrote in collaboration with her cousin 'Martin Ross' (Violet Martin) under the pseudonym 'Somerville and Ross'. Together they published a series of stories and novels, the most popular of which were 'The Experiences of an Irish R.M.' first published in 1899. Thirty four stories in all in this omnibus volume, pure joy!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. spine bumped chipped sunned and repaired at head, corners a trifle rubbed, eight tinted illustrations by E OE Somerville, ownership signature front free endpaper, good. first edition; 312 pages; keywords: fiction - women authors;

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. spine bumped dulled and chipped, illustrated by E OE Somerville, advertisement leaves, ownership signature front free endpaper, good. first edition; 315 pages; keywords: fiction - women authors;