The Nebuly Coat.

Falkner (John Meade)

The Nebuly Coat.

Description: FIRST EDITION, 4pp. of musical notation at rear, pp. [iv], 372, [16, ads dated October 1903], crown 8vo, original light brown cloth, backstrip and upper board lettered in black, the upper board with coat of arms printed in silver and black, slight lean to spine, some very light handling, one corner gently knocked and a touch of rubbing at extremities, a couple of tiny spots to fore-edge, tail-edge roughtrimmed, contemporary gift inscription to flyleaf, very good

Publication Details: Edward Arnold, 1903

Notes: Scarce; his third and final novel. 'Set in the vividly imagined town of Cullerne, it is enhanced by precise architectural and musical scholarship: the plot reflects Falkner's talent for mystification [...] The story's ostensible villain Lord Blandamer resembles Falkner: widely travelled, with scholarly avocations, evasive and intriguing, making a cynical marriage, yet behaving decently to his bride, ruthless and deliberative in pursuing his interests, yet punctilious in courtesy. Though apparently a murderer, Blandamer achieves a heroic stature surpassing the weakly virtuous men of Cullerne' ...moreScarce; his third and final novel. 'Set in the vividly imagined town of Cullerne, it is enhanced by precise architectural and musical scholarship: the plot reflects Falkner's talent for mystification [...] The story's ostensible villain Lord Blandamer resembles Falkner: widely travelled, with scholarly avocations, evasive and intriguing, making a cynical marriage, yet behaving decently to his bride, ruthless and deliberative in pursuing his interests, yet punctilious in courtesy. Though apparently a murderer, Blandamer achieves a heroic stature surpassing the weakly virtuous men of Cullerne' (ODNB). HIDE