Vistas by Sharp, Signed (3 results)

Hardcover. 1st Edition. Signed and inscribed by author. First edition. Boards moderately rubbed and soiled. Binding firm. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. An attractive presentation copy of William Sharp's dramatic sketches, a limited first US edition on small paper of 600 copies. Author's presentation inscription to the front free endpaper dedicated to one W. Earl Hodgson.First U.S. edition.In the publisher's decorative ribbed cloth.William Sharp was a Scottish writer of largely poetry and literary biography, who from 1893 wrote also as Fiona Macleod, a pseudonym kept almost secret during his lifetime. He was also an editor of the poetry of Ossian, Walter Scott, Matthew Arnold, Algernon Charles Swinburne and Eugene Lee-Hamilton.This collection highlights his short dramatic pieces, offering eleven works under titles such as 'A Northern Night', 'The Birth of a Soul', 'The Passing of Lilith' and 'The Fallen God'. In the publisher's decorative ribbed cloth.Externally, very smart, with a few spots to the boards and minor shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional spots. Author and previous owner's inscription to the front free endpaper. Small ink stain to the top right corner of contents-p.3. Very Good Indeed. signed by author. book.

First edition. Small 8vo., title page printed in red and black, original green paper boards, fore and lower edges untrimmed. Derby, Moray Press. A presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper to the author's cousin and brother-in-law 'To R. Farquharson Sharp from his cousin and friend W.S. March/94'. Elizabeth Sharp said 'The life of William Sharp divides itself naturally into two halves, the first ends with the publication by William Sharp of "Vistas", and the second begins with "Pharais", the first book signed by Fiona MacLeod'. "Vistas" is a series of dramatic sketches written under the influence of Sharp's friends in the Symbolist movement, Maeterlinck in particular being a strong influence. Spine and outer hinges very rubbed and creased, one and a half centimetre piece missing from the top of the spine, extremities rubbed.  .