Author: William Ernest Henley
Title: Poems
Description: London, David Nutt, 1913. Leather. A Bumpus bound anthology of the poems of WIlliam Ernest Henley. Beautifully bound by Bumpus.A selection of William Ernest Henley's poems, divided into six neat sections; 'In Hospital', 'Bric-a-Brac', 'Echoes', 'London Voluntaries', 'Rhymes and Rhythms', and 'Hawthorn and Lavender&apos.Illustrated with a frontispiece.Henley was good friends with Robert Louis Stevenson, inspiring his character Long John Silver in 'Treasure Island&apos. He was also close with J. M. Barrie, and Henley's daughter, Margaret, inspired Barrie in naming Wendy in 'Peter Pan&apos. Sadly Margaret did not survive long enough to read her depiction in 'Peter Pan&apos.The fourteenth impression.Bookplate of the Scottish bibliophile Alexander Stone to the front paste down.From the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey. William Foyle was the co-founder of Foyles bookshop, founding the leading bookshop in 1903 alongside his brother. He purchased Beeleigh Abbey during the Second World War, an impressive twelfth century monastery in Essex, which became home to his library, one the largest private libraries in England. In a full morocco binding by Bumpus. Externally, smart. Spine is faded. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .
Keywords: Poems william ernest henley poetry william ernest henley Not Stated
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Title: Poems
Description: London, David Nutt, 1913. Leather. A Bumpus bound anthology of the poems of WIlliam Ernest Henley. Beautifully bound by Bumpus.A selection of William Ernest Henley's poems, divided into six neat sections; 'In Hospital', 'Bric-a-Brac', 'Echoes', 'London Voluntaries', 'Rhymes and Rhythms', and 'Hawthorn and Lavender&apos.Illustrated with a frontispiece.Henley was good friends with Robert Louis Stevenson, inspiring his character Long John Silver in 'Treasure Island&apos. He was also close with J. M. Barrie, and Henley's daughter, Margaret, inspired Barrie in naming Wendy in 'Peter Pan&apos. Sadly Margaret did not survive long enough to read her depiction in 'Peter Pan&apos.The fourteenth impression.Bookplate of the Scottish bibliophile Alexander Stone to the front paste down.From the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey. William Foyle was the co-founder of Foyles bookshop, founding the leading bookshop in 1903 alongside his brother. He purchased Beeleigh Abbey during the Second World War, an impressive twelfth century monastery in Essex, which became home to his library, one the largest private libraries in England. In a full morocco binding by Bumpus. Externally, smart. Spine is faded. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .
Keywords: Poems william ernest henley poetry william ernest henley Not Stated
Price: GBP 190.00 = appr. US$ 271.32 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 911P49
- Book number: 911P49
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