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The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Dissenting Minister. Edited by his friend, Reuben Shapcott
Mark Rutherford, William Hale White
1881
Trubner & Co. : London
8" by 5.5"
xi, 180pp
SUMMARY
A scarce first edition of this fictitous autobiography criticising the state of religion in Victorian England. A rare survival in the original publisher's binding
First Edition,Publishers' Original Binding,Scarce
Overall Condition: Good Only
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
In 1881 "The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, fictitiously ‘edited by his friend Reuben Shapcott’, appeared: White's first book at the age of fifty. Mark Rutherford's Deliverance followed in 1885, also edited by ‘Reuben Shapcott’. Behind this double pseudonymous hedge—which remained in place for all Hale White's fictional outings—he carefully spilt the beans about the chapel life and the narrow dissenting pietisms of his youth, and vented his satirical fury over what he perceived as the decline of the old nonconformist radicalisms into modern shallowness and hypocrisy" -ODNB.
William Hale White, 1831-1913, was an English writer and civil servant.
A rare original survival.
CONDITION
In the original publisher's binding. Externally, a little bumped, with some darkening and marks. The joints are starting, with the paper split. Internally, the textblock is split in several places, with pages 65-80 only partially attached, and several gatherings becoming loose. There are occasional spots and marks.
Overall Condition: Good Only
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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