The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Dissenting Minister. Edited by his friend, Reuben Shapcott

Mark Rutherford, William Hale White

Published by Trubner & Co., London, 1881

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A scarce first edition of this fictitous autobiography criticising the state of religion in Victorian England. A rare survival in the original publisher's binding In 1881 "The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, fictitiously "edited by his friend Reuben Shapcott", appeared: White's first book at the age of fifty. Mark Rutherford's Deliverance followed in 1885, also edited by "Reuben Shapcott". Behind this double pseudonymous hedge which remained in place for all Hale White's fictional outings he carefully spilt the beans about the chapel life and the narrow dissenting pietisms of his youth, and vented his satirical fury over what he perceived as the decline of the old nonconformist radicalisms into modern shallowness and hypocrisy" -ODNB. William Hale White, 1831-1913, was an English writer and civil servant. A rare original survival. In the original publisher's binding. Externally, a little bumped, with some darkening and marks. The joints are starting, with the paper split. Internally, the textblock is split in several places, with pages 65-80 only partially attached, and several gatherings becoming loose. There are occasional spots and marks. Good Only.

Seller Inventory # GEN18-F-3

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Dissenting Minister. Edited by his friend, Reuben Shapcott
• Publisher: Trubner & Co., London
• Publication Date: 1881
• Binding: Hardback
• Illustrator: None
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Good Only
• Book Type: book