[Rarebooks] F.S. Laurence Housman "The New Hangman" Signed, Limited Edition

[bookmaven]

For your consideration:

Laurence Houseman, The New Hangman, G.P. Putnam's Sons, London, 1930; to the 
Limitation page: "1,500 copies of The New Hangman have been published: of 
which 250 are printed on hand-made paper, numbered, and signed by the 
author. This copy is number 45. Laurence Housman's signature below. Pale 
blue cloth boards and spine. Bright gilt title and author to upper edge 
front board. Spine mildly sunned, light soil to boards. Mild toning, verso 
of last blank leaf. Previous owners name and date (1930) to title page. 
Clean tightly bound. sm 8 vo., 23 pp. In polyester protective clear wraps.

Laurence Housman, (1865-1959), Worcestershire, England. Illustrator, 
novelist, playwright. He started his career as book illustrator, after 
studying at the Royal College of Art in London, he achieved success with 
various works including, Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market, P.B. Shelley's, 
The Sensitive Plant, and other illustrated books. He achieved great success 
with his anonymously published, "An English Woman's Love-Letters," and was 
widely known for his plays about the Victorian era, many using characters 
that represented the Royal Family or Biblical characters. His play "Victoria 
Regina" was very successful as well as his series cycle of plays on the 
"Life of St. Francis of Assisi". His body of literary works also included 
fairy tales, legends and poetry.  Laurence was the younger brother of the 
famous poet, A.E. Housman. $75.00, Digitals available.



Thank you for looking
Michelle Levick
Bookmaven, Inc.
http://www.bookmaven.net
Seller & Buyers of Antiquarian, Out-of-Print Literature
Accepting: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover,
Paypal, Money Orders
Discounts on Multiple purchases.
Ventnor NJ 08406
(609) 822-4993