Some Experiences Of An Irish R.M. by E. OE. Somerville and Martin Ross - 1947

Longmans, Green and Co, 1909. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1909. 15th Impression. 309 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

The R. S. Surtees Society. 1983 facsimile of the 1908 original. Hardcover. Fine. E. OE. Somerville. From the Oxford Reference: "This exuberant and skillful series of stories is narrated by Major Yeates, the resident magistrate, whose misfortune is to attract calamity. With his gallant wife Philippa, he lives at the centre of a vigorous and wily community as the tenant of a dilapidated demesne, Shreelane, which he rents from a well‐to‐do rogue, Flurry Knox. The eccentricities of the populace contribute to innumerable confusions involving collapsing carts, missed meals, sinking boats, shying horses, and outraged visitors. Yet few of the stories are merely farcical, and some have a sombre echo." Edith Anna Œnone Somerville (1858 - 1949) was an Irish novelist who habitually signed herself as "E. Œ. Somerville". She wrote in collaboration with her cousin "Martin Ross" (Violet Martin) under the pseudonym "Somerville and Ross". Together they published a series of fourteen stories and novels, the… Read More

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1924. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1924. No edition remarks. 280 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Moderate cracking to gutters. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Notable tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to boards. Book has forward lean.

London: Longmans, Green, 1900. Green & red pictorial cloth, worn and discoloured; library label from The Cancer Hospital, Brompton; corners bruised; edges and endpapers browned; front hinge weak. . Seventh Impression. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by E. OE. Somerville.

Hardcover. Fair.

R. S. Surtees Society, 1983. Hardcover. Like New. appears unused in clear plastic book cover

Longman's, Green, and Co, London, 1932. Later Printing . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition. Spine chipped at head, sunned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 5993. .

Longmans, Green and Co.. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. In protective mylar cover. (Ireland, Fiction) 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. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

6-4: Longmans, Green & Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1910.

Longmans, Green And Co., 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1947. Reprinted. 309 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Illustrated by E. OE. Somerville. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout.Binding remains firm. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Tears to top edge of pages 95-98 with text unaffected. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild sunning to head and tail of spine. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing.