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More imagesLady Noggs, Peeress, a Humorous Novel by Edgar Jepson. Illustrated by Lewis Baumer. Published in New York by McClure Phillips in 1905, Second Printing. Special Edition with Gilt Decorated Spine.
Edgar Jepson (1863 -1938) / Lewis Baumer, Illustrator (1870 - 1963)
Language: English
Published by McClure, Phillips & Company, NYC, 1905
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "Lady Noggs, Peeress" a novel by Edgar Jepson, is a delightful comedy centered around a young girl of genteel upbringing named Felicia, but who insists everyone call her Nogg (or else!). She is mischievous, and quite a handful. But underneath it all she has a perceptive mind and is b…asically a sober and well meaning individual - even if her daily demeanor to the adults about her is rather rambunctious. She knows what she wants and - she usually gets it. The book is episodic in nature, with chapters laid out like beads on a string. Some feel the book was written for children, but I feel that it is more in the line of John Habberton's "Helen's Babies", which was written for adults. That book was quite popular, and this book, Lady Noggs, Peeress" was equally popular. It is likely that it seemed a breath of fresh air with its lightness and comedic situations. Nobody ever seriously comes to harm, - although there are a few bumped heads and bruised egos. This edition, the second printing , issued by McClure, Phillips and Company in its "Special Edition Series", was published in 1905. The book is charmingly illustrated by cartoonist, illustrator Lewis Baumer. A British silent film was made of the book in 1920, starring Joan Morgan as the irrepressible Noggs, and George Bellamy as the always slightly bemused Lord Errington, who in the book is called The Prime Minister, and who is Noggs's Uncle - and in whose rather palatial house our young heroine lives. SERIES : Special Edition Series TITLE : Lady Noggs, Peeress AUTHOR : Edgar Jepson (1863 - 1938) Jepson was a rather prolific English author - novelist, who was one of the Georgians referred to as New Bohemians. He was a member of the Square Club; he collaborated with other authors, including Arthur Machen; he was a friend of Ford Madox Ford, and, for a time, editor of "Vanity Fair". Much of his fictional output were romantic thrillers and detective fiction - although he also dipped into fantasy and the supernatural for a few stories. I am glad he varied his subject matter for thus we have the entertaining Noggs. ILLUSTRATOR : Lewis Baumer (1870 - 1963) [Prolific and much collected English artist - cartoonist- and illustrator. Schooled at the Royal Academy of Arts, and The Royal College of Art] IMPRINT : McClure, Phillips and Co. PLACE : New York DATE : [1905] EDITION : Second Printing of the First American Edition STATUS : OP PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade Hardcover; contains 8 monochrome illustrations (including frontispiece), each printed on calendered paper; 306 pages + one publisher's ad (printed on the recto of the rear free end-paper); 5" x 7 1/2" - finely ribbed dark blue, cloth-covered boards and spine; spine has gilt lettering and elaborate decorative embellishment in gilt; TEG (top text block edge gilt) - bottom text-block edge is rough cut. CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR - Gilt lettering and embellishment on spine is bright; spine extremities are compressed; covers display modest wear, consisting of mild weathering at the edges, a few transparent water droplet spots near the bottom of the rear cover (only a small effect) - a few small dents to bottom board edges. Top edge gilding is bright - fore-edge is lightly toned, else clean. BINDING - Solid. INTERIOR - There is an inked gift inscription on the front free end-paper that reads : "From your Grandmother's and Great Grandmother's House." ; there are a few vague, insignificant spots or smudges, and a few shallow creases, else the interior is clean and free of marking. The illustrations display nicely. Lewis Baumer (illustrator).
