Author: DU MAURIER, GEORGE (GEORGE LOUIS PALMELLA BUSSON DU MAURIER)
Title: Trilby
Description: New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1894. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1125153393. Illustrated by George Du Maurier. B&W Illustrations; First American edition (published the same year as the UK edition). The book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The cream cloth covers have noticeable toning / darkening, especially to the spine and edges of the book covers. The front cover illustrated with green, and gilt decorations. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front endpaper. Both front and rear inner hinges have been repaired. There are four pages of advertisment at the rear of the book, two pages for Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and two pages forPeter Ibbetson. The illustrations throughout are by George Du Maurier. "His second novel, Trilby, published in 1894, fitted into the gothic horror genre that was undergoing a revival. Hugely popular, it tells of a poor artist's model, Trilby O'Ferrall, transformed into a diva under the spell of an evil musical genius, Svengali. Soap, songs, dances, toothpaste, and even the city of Trilby, Florida, were named after her, as was the variety of soft felt hat with an indented crown worn in the London stage dramatisation of the novel. The plot inspired Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel Phantom of the Opera and innumerable works derived from it. Du Maurier eventually came to dislike the persistent attention the novel was given. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .
Keywords: 1125153393 Modern Fiction George Du Maurier Paris Working Girls Svengali Hypnosis Relationships Gothic Horror
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Title: Trilby
Description: New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1894. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1125153393. Illustrated by George Du Maurier. B&W Illustrations; First American edition (published the same year as the UK edition). The book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The cream cloth covers have noticeable toning / darkening, especially to the spine and edges of the book covers. The front cover illustrated with green, and gilt decorations. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front endpaper. Both front and rear inner hinges have been repaired. There are four pages of advertisment at the rear of the book, two pages for Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and two pages forPeter Ibbetson. The illustrations throughout are by George Du Maurier. "His second novel, Trilby, published in 1894, fitted into the gothic horror genre that was undergoing a revival. Hugely popular, it tells of a poor artist's model, Trilby O'Ferrall, transformed into a diva under the spell of an evil musical genius, Svengali. Soap, songs, dances, toothpaste, and even the city of Trilby, Florida, were named after her, as was the variety of soft felt hat with an indented crown worn in the London stage dramatisation of the novel. The plot inspired Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel Phantom of the Opera and innumerable works derived from it. Du Maurier eventually came to dislike the persistent attention the novel was given. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .
Keywords: 1125153393 Modern Fiction George Du Maurier Paris Working Girls Svengali Hypnosis Relationships Gothic Horror
Price: US$ 75.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 41676
- Book number: 41676
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