Description: Illustrated by William Hofacker, published by F. Tennyson Neely in 1896. Overall in GOOD CONDITION. Green cloth boards with charming illustration of a lady in a blue dress, with some red sky in the background as the only other color on the board. Spine darkened but clear gilt letters. Light to moderate corner wear on boards, light edge wear, gilt page tops. No interior marks in 209 clean and solidly bound pages, with many FULL PLATES AND WITHIN TEXT B&W ILLUSTRATIONS. I can't find much on this book, but here is a description of another of his novels, A Conjuror of Phantoms, including a word on this book: "A short novel set in downtown New York (or Chelsea, as it's currently known), its hero an independent young man of such refined aesthetic sensibilities that he can 'conjure phantoms.' The story involves jewels, pawn brokers, rare books, crimes, a magic Herb, and an eccentric and possibly immortal man. It's written in a lively style and looks promising. The author went on to write another half dozen novels, mostly novelizations of Broadway plays. He was a professional, in other words, unlike many in the Neely stable. The book shows nine holdings in U.S. libraries, none in the UK: so much for the 'Englishness' of the imprint, which led Wright to ignore most of this publisher's titles." - Robert Eldridge. "...a minor classic." - Stuart Teitler. Not in Wright, who does, however, record another novel by Harding, AN ART FAILURE: A STORY OF THE LATIN QUARTER AS IT IS, published in 1896 when the Neely imprint ran." B86
Price: 25 USD
Location: Burtonsville, Maryland
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Year Printed: 1896
Binding: Hardcover
Subject: Literature & Fiction
