Groseclose elgin earl (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Groseclose, Elgin Earl, 1899-. The firedrake. A Novel. Philadelphia: J. P. Lippincott, 1942, stated First Edition, 354pp., very good dust-jacket, light wear, very good blue cloth, slightly faded by light. SIGNED on front endpaper: Elgin Groseclose, 2/11/42. The Firedrake is set against the background of Boston in its golden era, and tinctured with a color-of the East. Like Ararat, the author's previous work, which won the American Booksellers Award and the Foundation for Literature Award for 1939, The Firedrake is distinguished by refinement of style, subtlety of inference, psychological penetration ,and spiritual significance. To Boston of the 1850's, after thirteen years in Persia as the wife of a missionary, came Abigail Carfax to educate her children. Innately restless, urged to freedom by the surge and vitality of the$ew world, Abigail turned to writing. Gifted with narrative skill, she soon achieved enormous vogue as an exponent of the dynamic aspiration for material success in a series of novels that reflected the spirit of the day. Her return to the frugal, sacrificial life of the mission field was postponed, the decision to return becoming increasingly difficult. The story concerns itself with the slow disintegration of her spirit under her mounting mood of self-exaltation. Woven into her story are those of I Charles Pitcrest, publisher, not content with the rewards of publishing and ambitious to assume a larger importance in his times; Bismith, the shrewd promoter, fascinated by wealth and success; and Fenton Sweyton, the dreamy, aspiring, unbalanced architect of the Monarch of the Deep, greatest of clipper ships. Successfully the author has caught the spirit of that daring period - the period of the railway boom, the California gold rush, the anti-slavery agitation and finally, the panic of 1857. The theme of The Firedrake is that of the soul destroyed through exaltation of self. It is the story of the fascinations by which humanity is captivated and drawn into the depths - the will o' the wisps of success, the subtler fox lights of artistic achievement.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Collectible-Very Good.