His house, brackenburn, with a beautiful position overlooking derwentwater, housed his large library of some 30,000 books, together with a collection of paintings. Hugh walpole was born in auckland, new zealand in 1884 and as a boy was sent to england to be educated. A prolific writer, he published thirtysix novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of. Sir hugh seymour walpole, cbe march 1884 1 june 1941 was an english novelist. He was a bestselling author in the 1920s and 1930s, but has been largely neglected since his death. The sheet with a dobbs london embossed stamp at the head was evidently cut from a larger sheet for the reverse reveals a trimmed section of an entirely unknown pencil drawing showing trees by an abbey wall. Manesty, ca12 has 23 properties on it with a current average value of. There is a book plate pasted to the reverse of the boards.
Project gutenberg offers 61,476 free ebooks to download. Forster, including first editions and signed and finely. His skill at scenesetting and vivid plots, as well as his high profile as a lecturer, brought him a large readership in. This 4 bed freehold detached house is located at brackenburn, manesty, keswick ca12 5ug and has an estimated current value of. The only other hugh walpole listed by loc is hugh r walpole, b. Forster and with walpole s brackenburn book label on the front pastedown. British postage stamp design by john easton national. Small stamp and red ink number on front free endpaper. The book was published on july 2, 1875, in a standard binding without inserted advertisements.
David, because he adored his father, knew all this with a wisdom beyond his years. He was the son of an anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Songs of innocence william blake bauman rare books. First edition, first issue, of the most famous christmas story in the english language. Sir hugh walpole was one of the most popular and prolific authors of the first half of the 20th century but his reputation was soon ruined. I can see no works on this page that seem to be by a separate author. Handcoloured etched frontispiece and three plates by john leech, four.
This story is deemed culturally important in the us. Walpole tells the story of jeremy and his two sisters, helen and mary cole, who grow up in polchester, a quiet english cathedral town. Walpole s brackenburn bookplate on front pastedown, a later owners modern bookplate on front free endpaper. Property details for brackenburn manesty keswick ca12 5ug. Hugh walpole the killer and the slain 1942 1st edition gothic horror fiction. From the collection of hugh walpole, who in 1929 wrote a book on. The collection includes holographs of articles, essays, and poems, as well as essays and poems relating to walpole in manuscript and typescript by various authors including sinclair lewis, humbert wolfe and others. From the same stable we can recommend this book on autographs. The present copy is, doubtless, one of those copies. A prayer for my son by hugh walpole, first edition.
Antiquites dherculanum, ou les plus belles peintures antiques, et les marbres, bronzes, meubles, etc. A remarkable survival in cloth given its double exlibrary past. Project gutenberg offers 61,597 free ebooks to download. The wooden horse is the story of the trojans, a family which accepted as tranquility the belief that they were the people for whom the world was created. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. But when harry trojan came home after twenty years in new zealand, with the democracy learned by working his hands, he was the wooden horse. From renowned mid20thcentury new york rare bookseller philip c. Autograph signature of british author hugh walpole. Anthony trollope the way we live now first uk edition. Exlibrary with vintage pocket on front pastedown and stamp on front endpaper, else a nice clean and sound copy with mild sunning to spine panel of chartreuse cloth, lacking the dustjacket. Author hugh walpole comes in from the cold bbc news. Comprised of six historical novels featuring narratives of violence and romance, set in the lake district in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, following the story of rogue herries.
This story is about two people getting married against the wishes of their families. Jeremy is a little boy of 7, who turns 8 at the start of the story and starts the journey to adulthood as he starts to see his world through different more mature eyes. Best buy of 2019 folio society devotees librarything. Red straightgrained morocco by wallis, covers with gilt frames, gilt spine, edges and turnins. He was educated at kings school, canterbury, and emmanuel college, cambridge. Hugh walpoles copy, with his brackenburn bookplate to the front paste down. She went home, however, with an odd impulse to leave her comfortable little house in walpole street and hide herself somewhere, somewhere that no one could discover. First edition, second issue, with the numerous misprints noted by sadleir, publishers catalogue dated may 1860, and the second issue binding variant. Jeremy classic reprint by hugh walpole and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
The issue in parts is extremely scarce, copies rarely coming up for sale. Oct 09, 2008 buy the fortress herries chronicles by walpole, hugh, robson, eric from amazons fiction books store. Walpole lived in cumbria from 1924 until his death in 1941. Great britain stamp dealers in gb stamps british first day covers jersey guernsey isle of man. After his first novel, the wooden horse, walpole wrote prolifically, producing. All aspects of the paparazzis craft are examined in this volume that unveils the complex lovehate relationship between photographer and celebrity, and the role of the oftdisparaged profession in contemporary art today. Hugh walpole, with his brackenburn book label, sale of. Walpole responded by dedicating the cathedral 1922 to his friend. He lived in cumbria from 1924 until his death in 1941. Loosely laid in are two press cuttings one relating to grimaldi, the other to the fourth part of the sale of walpole s books at christies on february 11th and 12th, 1946. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. That evening they appeared again, husband, wife and baby.
This is a charming story, written by a man that knows his craft oh so well, i love hugh walpole s work and he can do no wrong for me. Commonwealth and empire stamps 1840 1970 by hugh jefferies at. She had settled herself down for a cosy evening with a book and an early to bed. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. This book is from our pre isbn stock and could therefore. This copy of songs from london, a volume of poetry by english author ford madox ford, was formerly owned by hugh walpole at brackenburn in the lakes district, and contains his bookplate and autograph sir hugh walpole 18841941 was a prolific english novelist whose heyday was in the 1920s and 1930s. Duschnes, with his label on chemise and typewritten description laid in. More information about this seller contact this seller 4. This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, and portraits. Index of the project gutenberg works of hugh walpole hugh walpole 6 downloads. It has tipex on one of the inner pages which seems to cover a signature dedication please see photo. Hugh walpole books list of books by author hugh walpole. Hugh walpole biography, quotes, works and writings.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. There is a stamp on an inner page with brackenburn, which is hugh walpole s own stamp. He was a key member of the exclusive homosexual coterie in 1930s london. Among those who encouraged him were the authors henry james and arnold bennett. Sir hugh seymour walpole 18841941 was one of the most popular authors of his time. Inside was tommy, a plate with little cakes, raspberry jam, and some very. The larger than life francis herries uproots his family from yorkshire and brings them to live in borrowdale, where their life is as dramatic as the landscape surrounding them. Sir hugh seymour walpole 18841941 was an english novelist. Hugh walpole walpole, hugh, 18841941 the online books page. Forster and with walpoles brackenburn book label on the.
Hugh walpole bought brackenburn, overlooking derwentwater, his little paradise on catbells. Publishers compliments stamp on titlepage, titlepage in red and black. British postage stamp design by john easton faber and faber limited london 1944. Original autograph signature of british author hugh walpole, written in vintage fountain pen ink on a 4 x 3 piece of paper. Sir hugh walpole 18841941, novelist, brackenburn bookplate booksellers typed description loosely inserted gloucester bookplate. Read hugh walpole s biography, works and quotes online for free. This by horace walpole is available at bauman rare books. The new york herald of 29 november, 1884, quotes charles webster as saying, but 250 copies left the office for california.
An exlibrary book and may have standard library stamps andor stickers. Books by walpole, hugh sorted by popularity project gutenberg. The dark forest by hugh walpole free ebook project gutenberg. Bullied and miserable at school, young walpole took refuge in the library, where he devoured the novels of austen, scott, trollope and others, and he knew from an early age that he wanted to become a novelist. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone.
The front wrappers have a woodcut which does not appear in the volume cohn 687. A rediscovered and partly unpublished morris notebook. Sir hugh seymour walpole, cbe was a new zealandborn english novelist. He was a bestselling author in the 1920s and 1930s but has been largely neglected since his death. The book is a first edition, signed by the author and addressed to hugh walpole also an author. Adventures of huckleberry finn tom sawyers comrade. Buy online, view images and see past prices for pepys, samuel. Katharine christian pocket classics by walpole, hugh and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Hugh walpole brackenburn bookplate ex libris bay leaf books. Aquatint copperplate process by which the plate is. Hugh walpole walpole, hugh, 18841941 a wikipedia article about this author is available walpole, hugh, 18841941. Original green cloth, titles to spines gilt, triple line rule and floral design to boards and to spine in black, yellow coated endpapers in vol. His skill at scenesetting, vivid plots, and high profile as a lecturer brought him a large readership in the united kingdom and north america.
The larger than life francis herries uproots his family from yorkshire and brings them to. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Hugh walpole has 274 books on goodreads with 16478 ratings. Hugh walpole was born in new zealand in 1884, the son of a bishop. With the bookplate of hugh walpole brackenburn to vol. A prayer for my son by hugh walpole, first edition abebooks. Hugh walpole walpole, hugh, 18841941 the online books. See all books authored by hugh walpole, including rogue herries, and the herries chronicles, and more on.
Presentation copy inscribed by the author to hugh walpole on the front free endpaper for hugh, from e. Explore books by hugh walpole with our selection at. This copy contains the bookplate of the poet edward fitzgerald 18091883. A rediscovered and partly unpublished morris notebook chris fletcher.
Information from its description page there is shown below. Sir hugh seymour walpole march 1884 1 june 1941 was an english novelist. A few leaves were slightly stained or spotted, and the. On december, christies will be holding a sale auctioning oneofakind books and manuscripts. Sir hugh seymour walpole a picture pdf hugh seymour walpole was an english novelist. With brackenburn bookplate of english novelist hugh walpole on verso of front wrapper. Bookplatearmorialwalpolehugh armorial bookplate of. This set bears the bookplates of mudies library on pink paper to each front board, that of the marsden mechanics institution on blue paper to each front pastedown.
Meanwhile, in this dreamy state, it was all that he could do with his wits to defend himself against his uncle, who was pushing pieces of meat and of pie on to his plate and even holding his head back and poking food into his mouth. Very good hugh walpolebrackenburn, no designer, nd certainly between 1924, when walpole moved to brackenburn, and his death in 1941, 43 by 43 cm. Very good hugh walpole brackenburn, no designer, nd certainly between 1924, when walpole moved to brackenburn, and his death in 1941, 43 by 43 cm, used, near fine aside from some glue running along the front right edge in 1924 sir walpole, a new zealandborn novelist, split his time between piccadilly and brackenburn, in the lake district of north west england brackenburn was his primary. Hooper, bookplates of hugh walpole, and brackenburn, contemporary calf, sides with gilt and blindruled borders, gilt acorn and oakleaf device. I cant find anything about christina, but walpole wrote many short stories and that is probably one of them not worth a. The way we live now was trollopes commentary on the commercialism of the time, and the plot involves real estate forgery, speculation, political manipulations and confidence tricks oxford companion to english literature. Original black cloth, upper cover with a dagger motif stamped in blind and. Letters of horace walpole horace walpole bauman rare books. Bookplatearmorialwalpolehugh armorial bookplate of sir hugh walpole, who lived at brackenburn, keswick, here shown with his giltstamped bookplate which looks like leather, but is actually a rich heavy textured board. Copies of the first edition are rare, as most of the print run was destroyed by fire. He wrote 36 novels, and five volumes of short stories. The way we live now by trollope, first edition abebooks. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. From the library of sir hugh walpole, with his brackenburn bookplate on each front pastedown.