Ros amanda m (15 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Acceptable hardcover, no dustcover. The text is unmarked. Covers show edge wear with rubbings/scuffing and bumped corners. Spine edge wear. Hinges cracked but binding still intact. Previous owner's name is on end paper. Book has some foxing.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day. …

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Irene Iddesleigh is the infamous debut novel of Mrs. Amanda McKittrick Ros (Anna Margaret Ross, 1860-1939), celebrated for its extravagantly ornate prose and unintended comedy. First issued in Belfast in 1897 at the author's expense, it later drew cult admirers, including members of the Inklings, who read it aloud for amusement. This Nonesuch Press edition of 1926 is limited to 1,250 numbered copies and was the first fine-press reissue of the book. It includes three woodcut engravings by W. M. R. Quick. Irene Iddesleigh, A Novel by Mrs. Amanda McKittrick Ros. Published by The Nonesuch Press, London, 1926. Limited to 1250 copies of which this is number 39. First edition thus. The original issue was in Belfast in 1897. Includes 3 woodcut engravings by W.M.R. Quick, including frontispiece. A good to very good hardback, bound with tan leather spine and corners with printed patterned paper over boards. Gilt title to head of spine. Leather has some scuffing, bumping and wear and is chipped to head and tail of spine. With green floral endpapers, with a stain to the first free endpaper. Text is clean and bright throughout some offsetting to front and rear, and with toned edges to the rough cut pages. vii + 151pp. Dimensions:  160mm high x 136mm wide x 15mm deep. Weight approximately 272g. W.M.R. Quick (illustrator).…

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Red hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition with torn dust jacket with loss to front cover. Tipped in cutting on paste-down. 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 44pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Spine very slightly darkened. Of the 2000 copies printed, only 160 are said to have been bound, this copy in the second (square-backed) issue of 60. "Holy Moses! Have a look! / Flesh decayed in every nook! . . ." ("On visiting Westminster Abbey").

Quarter Calf. Zustand: Near Very Good. Limited Edition. Limited to 150 copies. Book measures 20.5x14.cm. 47,[1]pp, frontis, and another plate. Bound in original publishers quater green leather, with green boards, title lettering. Worn on head and tail of spine, with slight loss, minor abrasion wear, slight lean. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, pages clean. A good solid copy. Size: 8vo. …

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Indeed. A smart limited edition copy of what is considered to be one of the worst novels ever published, an illustrated edition published by the Nonesuch Press. A limited edition of 1,250 copies, of which this is numbered 99.Generally considered to be one of the worst novels ever published, 'Irene Iddesleigh' follows a noblewoman who has an affair with her tutor.When first published, figures such as Mark Twain publicly denounced its purple prose and poorly-constructed plot, with Twain dubbing it "one of the greatest unintentionally humorous novels of all time".The author, Amanda McKittrick Ros, wrote and published this novel at her own expense in 1897, a gift to her husband to celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary.Illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates, by W. M. R. Quick.Collated, complete.From the library of George Engle, gifted to him by his friend Brian Spiller, with a presentation bookplate to the front paste down. Engle was a barrister and noted collector of books, his library containing obscure and sought after works. From 2001 to 2008 he was the President of the Kipling Society.In a custom marbled paper dust wrapper, with 'Cecily Engle' written in ink to the reverse. Protective plastic is taped to the custom dust wrapper. In the original publisher's half morocco binding with marbled cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. Spine is faded. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine, with a small amount of loss to the tail. Light rubbing to the extremities. Cloth is very lightly cockled to the fore edges. Bookplate to the front paste down. Spots to the endpapers. Custom dust wrapper is sunned to the spine, with protective plastic taped to the reverse, and an ink inscription to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. W. M. R. Quick (illustrator). book.…

dj. [Modern literature] FIRST THUS. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xi [1] xx; 301 [3]. Publisher's red quarter cloth, pictorial paper over boards. Paper title label to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket priced at 7s 6d to front flap. Publisher's small slip to rear blank. Internally clean but for some light spotting to preliminaries and a few small marks throughout. Gentle toning to boards and spine label. Toning across jacket with a few minor marks to rear panel. Light edgewear. Very good. Ros is somewhat of an unsung literary legend, her work lauded by figures such as Mark Twain and the Inklings - but for being so bad it was unintentionally good. She wrote in a prose so flowery, one struggles to make it through a single sentence without frowning. See the Guardian article 'Is Amanda McKittrick Ros the worst novelist in history?' for more. This edition also includes Ros's scathing 20-page takedown of literary critic Barry Pain who had the audacity to give a poor review of her first novel 'Irene Iddesleigh'.…

Leather. Zustand: Good. A limited edition comprising Amanda McKittrick Ros' romantic novel 'Irene Iddesleigh,' a copy gifted from the publishers' to a C. Joan Allen. A limited edition to one thousand-two-hundred and fifty copies printed of this later edition of Amanda McKittrick Ros' romantic drama novel, originally financed by her husband as a wedding anniversary gift in 1897. This edition by Nonesuch Press follows the exact text of the first edition with the exception of some corrections indicated on the errata slip.Following the complicated love life a Canterbury lady, Irene.Considered to be one of the worst novels of all time, it gained interest by many important authors; Mark Twain defined it as "one of the greatest unintentionally humorous novels of all time;" the noted group Inklings played a game to see who could read most of this novel without breaking into laughter; Robert H. Taylor defined it as 'endearing.'Inscribed to the half title page 'C. Joan Allen, the gift of the Publishers.' Illustrated with a frontispiece and two wood engravings by W. M. R. Quick. In the original publisher's half leather binding over marbled cloth boards. Externally smart with some shelf wear and rubbing to the spine and extremities. With some loss to the head of the spine. Inscribed to the half title page "C. Joan Allen, the gift of the Publishers." Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with three wood engraving by W. M. R. Quick. Good. W. M. R. Quick (illustrator). book.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Wrappers. Spine faded and a little worn, covers chipped at edges with some loss, corners slightly creased, both covers almost detached. Author's autograph corrections on pp. 22, 31, 33, 39. "Beneath me hear in stinking clumps, / Lies Lawyer Largebones all in lumps; / A rotten mass of clockholed clay, / Which grows more honeycombed each day. / See how the rats have scratched his face? / Now so unlike the human race; / I very much regret I can't / Assist them in their eager 'bent'" ("Epitaph on Largebones - the Lawyer"). Inscribed by Author(s).…

pp. vii, (i), 151, (i). Frontispiece and 2 full-page illustrations by W. M. R. QUICK. Half calf a bit faded, floral end-papers, uncut, a very good copy. *Taken from the 1897 first Belfast publication with errors corrected and illustrations added, printed in Scotland by R. and R. Clark.

No Binding. Zustand: Fine. Single folio page. Entitled Micky M. McBlear. Four 8-line stanzas all in black ink manuscript by Amanda Ros. Included is a typescript note on The Merle Press headed paper hand signed by T. S. Mercer as follows: "Micky, M. McBlear" by Mrs. Amanda Ros This is an early draft of a poem by Mrs. Amanda Ros that was published in her scarce "Poems of Puncture" p.7 where it is entitled "Mickey, Monkeyface McBlear". The first verse as published reads:- Readers did you ever hear/Of Mickey Monkeyface McBlear?/Six feet and a half of lies and fraud/Ten bob to the pound - one devil - no God/ A legal log who would grab your gold/And for which he'd sell his soul - I'm told/Who'd strip your pockets as well as mine/And tamper with you --- and wine. The Belfast solicitor Mickey Monkeyface McBlear is referred to in "O Rare Amanda" on p.107. I had the pleasure of meeting him when this book was being written! [T. S. Mercer signature]. Signed by Author(s).…