His Love or His Life.

Marsh (Richard)

His Love or His Life.

A Romance.

Description: FIRST EDITION, title-page printed in red and black with 'Presentation Copy' blind-stamp, pp. vi, 309, [2, ads], 32 [ads], crown 8vo, original red cloth, lettered in gilt to backstrip and upper board, single-fillet blind-stamped border to both boards, the backstrip a shade darkened with slight lean to spine, minor bump to top corners, the edges toned and faintly spotted with a few small spots to endpapers, original pictorial dustjacket by Gerald Leake with some chipping heaviest at head of folds, light rubbing and soiling with tape repair (internal and external) to backstrip panel ends, good

Publication Details: Chatto & Windus, 1915

Notes: A late work (published in the year of his death) by a major author of the period, who had first emerged as the author of adventure stories - under the wing of G.A. Henty - using the name Bernard Heldmann; he adopted the pseudonym based on his mother's maiden name and his given first name following disgrace - he had been prosecuted for issuing forged cheques in 1884 and sentenced to a jail term, with the Richard Marsh name first appearing in 1888. His most famous work is 'The Beetle' - a work whose popularity at one time outweighed Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', published in the same year. The presen...moreA late work (published in the year of his death) by a major author of the period, who had first emerged as the author of adventure stories - under the wing of G.A. Henty - using the name Bernard Heldmann; he adopted the pseudonym based on his mother's maiden name and his given first name following disgrace - he had been prosecuted for issuing forged cheques in 1884 and sentenced to a jail term, with the Richard Marsh name first appearing in 1888. His most famous work is 'The Beetle' - a work whose popularity at one time outweighed Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', published in the same year. The presence of a pictorial dustjacket on a work of this period is uncommon. HIDE

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Price: £1,500

Subject: Modern First Edition

Published Date: 1915

Stock Number: 59742

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