Author: Max Beerbohm
Title: Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford Love Story
Description: London, William Heinemann, 1911 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Max Beerbohm's first and only novel, a satire of Edwardian undergraduate life at Oxford University. The first edition, first impression. Gallatin's binding A in plain cloth, one of only 2150 copies.'Zuleika Dobson' was the first and only novel of English essayist Max Beerbohm, who viewed the endeavour as "the work of a leisurely essayist amusing himself with a narrative idea". Set largely in the world of Oxford University, this novel tells the story of femme fatale Zuleika Dobson, who finds herself causing mayhem in this somewhat hostile, male-dominated environment.The novel includes the famous line "Death cancels all engagements", and presents a corrosive view of Edwardian Oxford. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Back strip and board perimeters lightly age toned. Bumping to back strip tail. Small closed tear to head of back strip. Minor tide mark to front board. Front hinge strained, and a touch tender to the head. Rear hinge tenderly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd spot. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: Zuleika Dobson or An Oxford Love Story Zuleika Dobson edwardian england Death cancels all engagements Zuleika Dobson None
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Title: Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford Love Story
Description: London, William Heinemann, 1911 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Max Beerbohm's first and only novel, a satire of Edwardian undergraduate life at Oxford University. The first edition, first impression. Gallatin's binding A in plain cloth, one of only 2150 copies.'Zuleika Dobson' was the first and only novel of English essayist Max Beerbohm, who viewed the endeavour as "the work of a leisurely essayist amusing himself with a narrative idea". Set largely in the world of Oxford University, this novel tells the story of femme fatale Zuleika Dobson, who finds herself causing mayhem in this somewhat hostile, male-dominated environment.The novel includes the famous line "Death cancels all engagements", and presents a corrosive view of Edwardian Oxford. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Back strip and board perimeters lightly age toned. Bumping to back strip tail. Small closed tear to head of back strip. Minor tide mark to front board. Front hinge strained, and a touch tender to the head. Rear hinge tenderly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd spot. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: Zuleika Dobson or An Oxford Love Story Zuleika Dobson edwardian england Death cancels all engagements Zuleika Dobson None
Price: GBP 200.00 = appr. US$ 285.60 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 941F4
- Book number: 941F4
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