Memories

London: William Heinemann, 1914 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First illustrated edition, first published in 1912. Quarto (11x8 inches). Pp. xi, [1], 71. Illustrated with 4 tipped-in color plates and 23 black & white text drawings by Maud Earl. Illustrated endpapers. Original gray-brown paper over boards, pictorially stamped in black and lettered in gilt on front cover, spine with deeply embossed title in green. Slight (very minor) wear to head of spine, 2 light surface scratches to bottom of front cover. A very fine copy with the extremely elusive pictorial dust jacket matching the front cover (jacket lightly worn at spine ends, corners and top edge, with tape reinforcing). Housed in a custom Lucite box. Original gift inscription on top edge of flyleaf, "From Mum, Christmas, 1914" John Galsworthy (1867-1933) was an English novelist and playwright. His notable works include The Forsyte Saga and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. This book, first published as a part of "The Inn of Tranquility" in 1912, was then published in this separate illustrated edition in 1914. The illustrator, Maud Alice Earl (1864-1943) was an eminent British-American canine painter. Her works are much enjoyed by dog enthusiasts and accurately record many breeds..