Author: William Price Drury
Title: Bearers of the Burden Being Stories of Land and Sea
Description: London, Lawrence & Bullen, Ltd. 1899. Cloth. A fictional work on naval themes by the Royal Marine Light Infantry officer, novelist and playwright William Price Drury. Lieutenant-Colonel William Price Drury was the author of a range of plays and novels, many with naval themes. Perhaps his best known play 'The Flag Lieutenant' was filmed three times, twice as a silent film, in 1919 by Percy Nash and in 1926 by Maurice Elvey, and then again for sound in 1932 by Henry Edwards. 'The Further Adventures of the Flag Lieutenant' was also filmed in 1927, after the huge success of Elvey's adaptation. Featuring a prior owner's ink inscription to the front free-endpaper of a 'H. Jackson&apos. In a decorative red cloth binding. Externally, sound with slight rubbing. Slight cockling to cloth of boards. Spine is cocked. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Offsetting to end papers. Ink inscription to recto of front free end papers. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: Fiction Naval Drury Sea Naval None
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Title: Bearers of the Burden Being Stories of Land and Sea
Description: London, Lawrence & Bullen, Ltd. 1899. Cloth. A fictional work on naval themes by the Royal Marine Light Infantry officer, novelist and playwright William Price Drury. Lieutenant-Colonel William Price Drury was the author of a range of plays and novels, many with naval themes. Perhaps his best known play 'The Flag Lieutenant' was filmed three times, twice as a silent film, in 1919 by Percy Nash and in 1926 by Maurice Elvey, and then again for sound in 1932 by Henry Edwards. 'The Further Adventures of the Flag Lieutenant' was also filmed in 1927, after the huge success of Elvey's adaptation. Featuring a prior owner's ink inscription to the front free-endpaper of a 'H. Jackson&apos. In a decorative red cloth binding. Externally, sound with slight rubbing. Slight cockling to cloth of boards. Spine is cocked. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Offsetting to end papers. Ink inscription to recto of front free end papers. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: Fiction Naval Drury Sea Naval None
Price: GBP 34.00 = appr. US$ 48.55 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: GEN9-C-20
- Book number: GEN9-C-20
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