E Beatrice Hall (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Copyright Edition. Late C19th green binder's cloth; brown endpapers. Binder's ticket for W. Hayward, Croydon on front pastedown. Light scuffing, a few faint marks, a little light foxing on prelims, very good. Todd [3208a]. First issue. Half-title bound in. Short stories in the form of character sketches. Book.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. First Edition. Full-bound brown cloth, gilt spine titles, front board illustartion of two Victorians conversing, [viii] 208pp, b&w illustrations, modest wear, rubbing, and bumping at extremities, mild soiling to boards, ownership name top edge front pastedown, mild fingertip soiling to endpapers, rear hinge just starting, tight, square, clean internals; the authors (Merriman a novelist and Tallentyre [Hall] - famous for her biography of Voltaire) offer up their thoughts on twenty-nine subjects, everything from matrimony, unselfishness, and purpose to postcards, meals, and dogs. Personal, fun, and informative, a window into Victorian thought and wisdom. Courboin, E. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Copyright Edition. Late C19th crimson leather over blue marbled boards; raised bands, gilt decorations and black leather title label on spine. Corners lightly rubbed, foxing on endpapers, very good. Todd [3208a]. First issue; series half-title bound in. Short stories in the form of character sketches. Book.…

In The Friends of Voltaire (1906), Hall penned the rallying cry for the freedom of speech 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it', which is often misattributed to Voltaire himself. 4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged. In an attempt to place a quotation for Chepmell she has consulted her 'note books on Galiani', to no avail. 'I have, I find, jotted down the words in French, I cannot read Italian I am sorry to say but as if the expression was his own, not a quotation from Dante or anyone else.' She has also 'looked through Sainte Beuve's Essay to see if there is any allusion', but fears that she is 'of no use'. She will send him her 'article on Galiani when it appears I do not quite know when that will be'. She hopes he will be 'merciful to my many shortcomings & ignorances in dealing with him'. She considers her 'knowledge of the eighteenth century [] a very superficial thing compared with yours'. 'It would really be an education to me, as well as a great pleasure, if you would allow me to "Saunter" there with you for an hour or so next time I come to Hurst.' She thanks him for a recommendation, regarding which she has 'asked the London Library to send [] a few volumes'. She ends with a reference to Vauvenargues: 'He greatly fascinates me both as a writer & a human being.'.…