A Peculiar Man: A Life of George Moore Tapa dura - 1996

Hardback. Very Good.

Sinclair-Stevenson, London, first edition, 1996. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. 344 pp, plates. From the blurb - "In a spoof 1894 Booker Prize Contest at the 1994 Cheltenham Festival, Esther Waters was picked as outright winner from a shortlist including The Jungle Book, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Prisoner of Zenda and The Diary of a Nobody. The author of Esther Waters was in his day far more famous than even Kipling or Conan Doyle. Many of Moore's books caused sensations. He had the audacity to re-tell the Gospel story with a different ending: Jesus does not die on the Cross but recovers in the tomb and retires to an Essene monastery, where he is discovered in his old age by a furious Saint Paul angered at finding that he has been preaching a lie all his life. Another 'book, Confessions of a Young Man, revealed the secrets of Moore's wicked, wicked life as an art student in the Paris of Manet and Monet and Degas and explored the stream of consciousness technique 15 years before… Leer más

London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1996. First edition (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 16cm), vii, 344pp. 8pp plates. Original burgundy cloth, dustwrapper. There is some tanning of the contents, and some scuffing of the front pastedown; overall, the book is in good condition. The dustwrapper is in near-VG condition (minor chafing of the extremities, price-clipped). ISBN 1856195783

Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd, 1996. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:9781856195782

Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd, 1996. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:1856195783

Random House of Canada. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London : Sinclair-Stevenson, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 344p., [8]p. of plates : ill. ; 24cm. Subjects: Moore, George (1852-1933) -- Biography. Irish authors -- Biography.

Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd, 1996. Hardcover. Good. Signs of wear on the cover. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.