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[SOMERVILLE, E.OE. (Edith Anna OEnone), 1858-1949 & “ROSS (Martin)” – [MARTIN, Violet Florence, 1862-1915]] : THROUGH CONNEMARA IN A GOVERNESS CART. London : W. H. Allen & Co., 1893 [but 1892]. First edition : in the more attractive of the two green variant bindings. “This is a very funny book of adventure which reads like a novel. Two Irishwomen disgusted with London weather, undertook a trip through Connemara” (Cork Constitution, 21st November 1892). With illustrations by W. W. Russell, worked up (not wholly to her approval) from Somerville’s original sketches. £200 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 44454 – or simply click on the button
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SOMERVILLE, E.OE. (Edith Anna OEnone), 1858-1949 & “ROSS (Martin)” – [MARTIN, Violet Florence, 1862-1915] : IN THE VINE COUNTRY. London : W. H. Allen & Co., 1893. First edition : in the slightly plainer variant binding, lettered in black on upper cover. “These two amusing Irish ladies ... have been doing the vine country of Médoc, and here we have their impressions of wine-making and French rural life ... They have made a very pleasant book out of their adventures with a kodak ... One description of a rustic ball, which wound up with an ancient dance danced by four ancient dames, is surpassed in humour only by the illustrations, which are throughout very good” (Glasgow Herald, 23rd February 1893). SOLD |
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SOMERVILLE, E.OE. (Edith Anna OEnone), 1858-1949 & “ROSS, Martin” – [MARTIN, Violet Florence, 1862-1915] : BEGGARS ON HORSEBACK : A RIDING TOUR IN NORTH WALES. Edinburgh & London : William Blackwood & Sons, 1895. First edition. “Amateur-gipsy tours ... iron endurance, the temper of Mark Tapley, and the will to survive of Robinson Crusoe” (Somerville). Currently on display at Bryars & Bryars in central London, please enquire about availability – books@ashrare.com |
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SOMERVILLE, E.OE. (Edith Anna OEnone), 1858-1949 & “ROSS, Martin” – [MARTIN, Violet Florence, 1862-1915] : ALL ON THE IRISH SHORE : IRISH SKETCHES. London : Longmans, Green & Co., 1903. First edition. Eleven short stories, with illustrations by Somerville. “Once more the authors write of what they have seen and heard, with a direct simplicity which is akin to genius … Such work should live forever” (Leeds Mercury, 25th May 1903). £100 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 41048 – or simply click on the button
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SOMERVILLE, E.OE. (Edith Anna OEnone), 1858-1949 & “ROSS (Martin)” – [MARTIN, Violet Florence, 1862-1915] : SOME IRISH YESTERDAYS. London : Longmans, Green & Co., 1906. First edition. “A new volume of stories from the vivacious joint pens ... is always welcome ... the stories, like their predecessors, are instinct with life and humour, and are told in a style which is at once restrained and roystering, a rare enough combination” (The Bystander, 24th October 1906). A collection of thirteen illustrated stories and articles, together with Somerville’s delightful pictorial “Slipper’s ABC of Fox-Hunting”. £100 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 44453 – or simply click on the button
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SOMERVILLE, E.OE. (Edith Anna OEnone), 1858-1949 & “ROSS, Martin” – [MARTIN, Violet Florence, 1862-1915] : FURTHER EXPERIENCES OF AN IRISH R.M. London : Longmans, Green & Co., 1908. First edition : in the primary binding, the white cloth band extending across both front and back covers. The second volume of Major Yeates stories — eleven tales, illustrated by Somerville. “The present volume quite bears out the brilliant reputation … won by the original R. M. stories. It could not possibly be superior, and we are loth to admit that it is any way inferior … Miss Somerville and ‘Martin Ross’ deserve the unqualified gratitude of the reading public” (Irish Times, 2nd October 1908). £100 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 40042 – or simply click on the button
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SOMERVILLE, E.OE. (Edith Anna OEnone), 1858-1949 & “ROSS, Martin” – [MARTIN, Violet Florence, 1862-1915] : DAN RUSSEL THE FOX : AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF MISS ROWAN. London : Methuen & Co., (1911). First edition : in the primary binding of orange-brown glazed linen. “In this story, above all others, we have told, faithfully, and with the emotion of enthusiasts, of the sport that we knew and loved” (Edith Somerville). £100 To purchase, call us or e-mail us at books@ashrare.com quoting stock number 38586 – or simply click on the button
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