Mary Webb 2-Volume Set (Neglected Genius and "Clematisa and Percival")

Crawford, Mary E. & Bruce J. Crawford & Gladys Mary Coles & Thomas A. Goldwasser

ISBN 10: 1605830240 / ISBN 13: 9781605830247

Published by The Grolier Club, New York, NY, 2010

About this Item

Color Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author (Mary Crawford) on the half title page of volume one. This is a two volume set. The books are in Near Fine condition and were issued without dust jackets, but with a cloth slipcase. The books are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The slipcase is in generally clean, bright condition, but has some fading to the corners and edges. "Mary Gladys Webb (25 March 1881 8 October 1927) was an English romance novelist and poet of the early 20th century, whose work is set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and people whom she knew. Her novels have been successfully dramatized, most notably the film Gone to Earth in 1950 by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger based on the novel of the same title. The novels are thought to have inspired the famous parody Cold Comfort Farm (1932) by Stella Gibbons. " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mary Webb 2-Volume Set (Neglected Genius and "Clematisa and Percival")
• Publisher: The Grolier Club, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1605830240
• ISBN 13: 9781605830247
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illustrated by William Bishop
• Edition: Limited Edition; 1st Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Bringing attention to the lesser-known works of the British poet and novelist Mary Webb (1881–1927), this work includes the only extant manuscript of Webb’s novel Armour Wherein He Trusted; a letter of appreciation from Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin; a group of letters from Webb to her future mother-in-law; and the manuscript of “Clematisa & Percival,” an unpublished story written by her as a teenager and exquisitely illustrated by William Bishop. This two-volume slipcased set accompanied the 2010 Grolier Club exhibition on Mary Webb.

About the Authors

Mary E. Crawford is a Senior Vice President and Wealth Advisor for Morgan Stanley. She teaches in the Continuing Studies Program at Stanford University.

Bruce J. Crawford, president of the Grolier Club 2018–2022, is a book collector with a particular interest in Charles Dickens.