Ollivant, Boy Woodburn, Sussex Downs, 1st US Ed. 1918
"Boy Woodburn: A Story of the Sussex Downs", by Alfred Ollivant, First American Edition published by Garden City, Doubleday and Page, NY in 1918.
Alfred Ollivant (1874-1927) was an English novelist known best for his novel "Owd Bob". Ollivant also published about a dozen other novels ranging from small-scale cautionary tales to grand historical stories.
Alfred Ollivant was born in Nuthurst, Sussex, in 1874 and became an author after a horse-riding injury ended his brief military career. "Owd Bob", his first novel, was published in 1898. Set in rural Cumbria, in northern England, the novel concerns a suspected sheepkilling collie, Bob. Even though most of the book's dialogue is written in the Cumbrian dialect, it became popular in the United States. Ollivant published a sequel, "Danny", in 1902. He was also a short story contributor to the magazines 'The Atlantic Monthly' and the 'Boston Evening Transcript'.
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ------------ $8.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-6 weeks) ----- $27.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) ------ $37.50
Condition Report: Hard boards, original publisher's decorated cloth, 5" x 7.1/2"; frontispiece, 383 pages, slightly bumped bottom corner of the pages, pages 321-354 have a vertical fold of the upper side of the pages, otherwise very good binding and condition.
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"Boy Woodburn: A Story of the Sussex Downs", by Alfred Ollivant, First American Edition published by Garden City, Doubleday and Page, NY in 1918.
Alfred Ollivant (1874-1927) was an English novelist known best for his novel "Owd Bob". Ollivant also published about a dozen other novels ranging from small-scale cautionary tales to grand historical stories.
Alfred Ollivant was born in Nuthurst, Sussex, in 1874 and became an author after a horse-riding injury ended his brief military career. "Owd Bob", his first novel, was published in 1898. Set in rural Cumbria, in northern England, the novel concerns a suspected sheepkilling collie, Bob. Even though most of the book's dialogue is written in the Cumbrian dialect, it became popular in the United States. Ollivant published a sequel, "Danny", in 1902. He was also a short story contributor to the magazines 'The Atlantic Monthly' and the 'Boston Evening Transcript'.
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ------------ $8.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-6 weeks) ----- $27.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) ------ $37.50
Condition Report: Hard boards, original publisher's decorated cloth, 5" x 7.1/2"; frontispiece, 383 pages, slightly bumped bottom corner of the pages, pages 321-354 have a vertical fold of the upper side of the pages, otherwise very good binding and condition.
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