DERRYDALE PRESS Somerville & Ross 7 Vol Set SIGNED IRISH Sporting 1927 LTD RARE

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DERRYDALE PRESS Somerville & Ross 7 Vol Set SIGNED IRISH Sporting 1927 LTD RARE RARE~7 VOLUMES OF ROSS~COMPLETE~SIGNED/LIMITED TO 500~ LIMITED, RARE FIRST EDITION OF "THE HITCHCOCK EDITION OF SOMERVILLE AND ROSS" BY EDITH ANNE SOMERVILLE AND HER COUSING MARTIN ROSS PRINTED BY THE DERRYDALE PRESS IN 1927. This is a complete seven volume set comprising of all the famous and well known sporting related stories by Hitchcock and Ross. Limited to only 500 copies this set is number 483. The first volume contains Edith Ann Somerville signature penned in her own hand on the title page. The seven volumes consist of the following stories: "Some Experiences of An Irish R.M.", "Further Experiences of An Irish R.M.", "In Mr. Knox's Country", "Dan Russell The Fox", "All on the Irish Shore", "Wheel Tracks", and "Irish Memories". T his is a must for all Derrydale and or sporting book collectors. Darrydale is the pinnacle for its craftsmanship of quality books. Somerville and Ross , also called E.Œ. Somerville and Martin Ross, pseudonyms of Edith Anna Oenone Somerville and Violet Florence Martin (respectively, born May 2, 1858, Corfu, Greece—died Oct. 8, 1949, Castlehaven, County Cork, Ire.; born June 11, 1862, Ross House, County Galway, Ire.—died Dec. 21, 1915, Cork, County Cork), Irish cousins and writers who collaborated on a series of novels and short stories that wittily and sympathetically portrayed Irish society in the late 19th century. Edith Somerville continued to use their joint pseudonym after her cousin’s death, claiming that she was still inspired by her. Violet Martin grew up in a genteel Protestant literary family living on a country estate, Ross House, in somewhat straitened finances. After her father’s death in 1872, the family lived in Dublin, where she attended Alexandra College. Edith Somerville’s father was a British army lieutenant colonel serving in Corfu who retired a year after her birth and returned the family to Drishane House in rural County Cork, where Somerville spent all her childhood. She studied briefly at Alexandra College and studied painting at studios in London, Düsseldorf, and Paris. The 27-year-old Somerville and the 23-year-old Martin first met on Jan. 17, 1886, and began a literary partnership that resulted three years later in their first book, An Irish Cousin (1889). By the time that Martin died in 1915 they had cowritten 14 books, including a powerful novel called The Real Charlotte (1894) and a collection of short stories, Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. (1899), which, with its sequels, is their most popular work. After 1915 the Somerville and Ross name appeared on such Somerville works as Irish Memories (1917), Mount Music (1919), and The Big House of Inver (1925). During their life together, the cousins resided at Ross House and Drishane House but traveled frequently, abroad and at home. Both were excellent horse riders to the fox and hounds, and Martin suffered a serious hunting accident in 1898, from which she never fully recovered. In later years Somerville often traveled, visiting Denmark and France and joining her friend the English composer, author, and feminist Dame Ethel Mary Smyth in trips to Italy and the United States. [] FABULOUS SET REMAINS IN VERY GOOD/GOOD CONDITION. Beautiful and original green decorative binding with gilt stamping and gilt top edge. Each book contains around 200 pages (pages are very clean with some very light toning), complete tight in binding. Spine titles show wear, and show darkening, some small pieces missing on a volume or two (see pics). Overall a great collection each in a glassine dust cover . A small yet nice ex-owner plate on inner cover. (I barely noticed it was there). Volumes measure aprox. 9.75 by 6.5 inches. NEVER A RESERVE AND (VERY) LOW OPENING BID AS ALWAYS. Please review our feedback and . Buyer pays calculated cost USPS Media Mail within USA and calculated cost internationally. Feel free to contact me if you would like shipping insurance within the USA. Insurance not of... read more

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