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"Fleming, George" [Julia Constance Fletcher]
£400
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
A Nile novel. London: Macmillan, 1877. Second edition, 8vo. 2 volumes, both inscribed "George Fleming, Rome, 1877/78" and with later dedications to Margaret Rhodes (volume 1: "to my Margaret. In memory of many things Venice, Oct. 1935"), 1930s patterned boards, upper 23mm of both half-titles cut away, light spotting, chipping and scuffing; [Idem] The head of Medusa. London: Macmillan, 1883. 8vo., inscribed by the author on front endpaper, 1930s patterned boards, pages coming loose; Rhodes, Harrison A gift book for my mother. New York and London: Harper & Harper Brothers, 1922. 8vo., inscribed by author on front endpaper ("Constance Fletcher to whom I owe so many happy memories. Harrison Rhodes"), publisher's half vellum over boards, upper boards marked, spine label chipped (4)
Footnote
Note: Julia Constance Fletcher, who wrote under the male pseydonym of "George Fleming" was a good friend of Oscar Wilde and, as most of his letters were addressed to her male pseudonym, was often assumed to be one of Wilde's love interests.