Catherine Carswell's autobiographical reminiscences occupied her for most of her life. Her full range of interests and contacts, from D.H. Lawrence through successive Soviet ambassadors, to Lady Tweedsmuir, are recounted throughout the book. Her intellectual interests ranged from Herzen to Dickens, from T.S. Eliot to Rabelais, from Boccaccio to ...
Joanna Bannerman, capricious, selfish and warm-hearted, passionately seeks life and "loveliness". The bustling streets of Glasgow at the turn of the century promise much greater excitement than the solid evangelical background she has known hitherto. This novel was first published in 1920.
Catherine Carswell (1879-1945), the novelist and biographer of Burns, was also a regular reviewer of new fiction in her early career. She became convinced that D. H. Lawrence was a great writer when she reviewed his first books, made his acquaintance, and became a lifelong and faithful friend. When John Middleton Murry's Son of Woman appeared ...
Of my writing he said, 'I see. It is like the camomile - the more it is trodden on the faster it grows.' Ellen Carstairs is born to write. Orphaned at an early age, she and her brother are brought up in her aunt's evangelical and 'douce' Glasgow household at the turn of the century. Written in epistolary form, The Camomile, a semi-autobiographical ...
First published in 1930 to a storm of protest due to its frank approach, this biography of the Scottish poet, Robert Burns, deliberately seeks to shake the image of Burns as a romantic hero. It exposes the sexual misdemeanours, drinking bouts and waywardness that is often overlooked. The book also brings to life the personality of this man, ...
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: George Routledge
Date Published: 1936
Description: Very good/poor DJ. DJ backstrip missing, generally worn. Cloth soiled. Owner's gift inscription pasted onto ffep. Interiro clean and tight. xvi, 503 pages. Collection of Scots poetry, games, songs, opinions, advice on touring. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Harcourt Brace and Company
Date Published: 1932
Description: Good. No Jacket. Minor corner bumping. Light soiling to the bottom edge. Pages lightly toned with age. Clean text. Mising the dust jacket. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Librairie Armand Colin
Date Published: 1935
Description: French edition. Wrappers. Translated in English by Denyse Clairouin. Text mostly in French. Very good with owner's name on front cover, tape neatly applied to spine ends. read more
Edition: Stated First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Harcourt Brace
Date Published: 1932
Description: Near Fine in Very Good DJ. Author portrays Lawrence's life as seen within his inner circle and she writes a truthful narrative based upon personel reminiscences. Book is in supurb condition with a clean and unmarked text, a tight binding, and unblemished corners and edges. Dustjacket is proteccted by mylar. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London, Martin Secker, 1932.
Date Published: 1932
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Revised edition. 8ov. Frontispiece portrait. Bibliographical references. Dust jacket (unclipped; small chips, spine browned). Very good. 308 pages. The text was revised after the withdrawal from publication of the Chatto & Windus first edition due to John Middleton Murray's lawsuit. Printed in Guernsey by The Star and Gazette Co. Ltd. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London, Chatto and Windus, 1932.
Date Published: 1932
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. 8ov. Frontispiece portrait. Bibliographical references. 7 page preface. Dust jacket (unclipped; top of spine chipped, spine browned). Very good. 296 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Ltd., Edinburgh. The rare suppressed first edition, withdrawn from publication after John Middleton Murray's lawsuit. Roberts B37. read more
Description: Very good. Duckworth, "Great Lives". Hardcover 1933. No dj. Boards and spine, bright and clean, square and tight, shelfwear minimal, titles good. Pages clean, unmarked and tight. Very Good. We offer an unconditional refund from 30 days of receipt should this item fail to reach expectations. read more
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