A PATRICK'S DAY HUNT
Ross, Martin and E. Oe. Somerville
Published by Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd, Westminster England, 1902
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Undated publication. Wide Quarto, 10.3 in. x 14 in., pp. 47. Illustrated with eight color plates and numerous ink drawings. Rebound in three quarter calf with decorative rule in blind over designer brown, green and white paper boards. Gilt tile to black and burgundy panels, gilt bandlines and fleurons, and five raised bands to spine. Card-stock pages. Age-toning to pages. A sturdy, handsome copy! Edith Anna none Somerville (1858 1949) was anIrish novelistwho habitually signed herself as "E. . Somerville". The eldest of eight children, Somerville grew up in Drishane, Castletownshend,County Cork, She is said to have dominated her sister and brothers in a family where women were encouraged to be bold. She received her primary education at home, and then attendedAlexandra CollegeinDublin. In 1884, she went toParisfor the first of several trips to study art at theAcadémie ColarossiandAcadémie Delécluse, and then spent a term at theWestminster School of ArtinDean's Yard, Westminster. At home, riding and painting were her absorbing interests. In January 1886, she met her cousin Violet Martin (aka Martin Ross, 1862-1915), and their literary partnership began the following year.In 1898 Edith Somerville went to paint at theEtaples art colony, accompanied by Violet. There they profited from their stay by conceiving together the stories later gathered inSome Experiences of an Irish R. M., completed the following year.By the time Violet died in 1915, they had published fourteen books together. Her cousin's death stunned Edith, who continued to write as "Somerville and Ross", claiming that they kept in contact through spiritualistséances. Seller Inventory # 87181
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Title: A PATRICK'S DAY HUNT
Publisher: Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd, Westminster England
Publication Date: 1902
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good Plus
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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A PATRICK'S DAY HUNT
Published by
Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, London
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Hardcover
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
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Illustrated Grey/green Cloth. Condition: Good/Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Not dated but c. (viii), 48pp, 8 colour plates and further black & white illustrations, some foxing through book, grey/green cloth with green and black lettering and an illustration in black to upper board, corners and spine ends bumped and frayed, some pale stains to lower board. NB THIS IS A LARGE, HEAVY BOOK, WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE FOR AN OVERSEAS BUYER. Size: Oblong Quarto. Hunting, Illustrated. Seller Inventory # 018014
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A Patrick's Day Hunt
Published by
E.P. Dutton, New York, 1902, 1902
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Hardcover
Seller: Sutton Books, Norwich, VT, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hbk, oblong 4to, 47pp, although this edition was issued by Dutton the plates were engraved and printed at The Racquet Court Press, London by Edmund Evans, profusely illustr, 8 full-page color plates, other full-page vb+w plates, many b+w vignette sketches, all on heavy stock, no dj as issued, pictorial gray cloth boards rubbing to head and tail of spine with a small loss to the cloth at the tail, faint soling here and there, otherwise very good, clean and tight and sound, now in custom acetate jacket, internally a fine, clean, tight and unmarked copy, becoming harder to find. Seller Inventory # Hor177
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