George Moore — Aphrodite in Aulis
London, William Heinemann, 1930. First edition. Vellum. A signed limited edition of George Moore's Aphrodite in Aulis. Bound in vellum with gilt lettering and decoration and bevelled. A nice clean copy. First edition. Signed. Limited edition, number 305 of 1825. George Augustus Moore (1852 Â1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day. As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Ãmile Zola. Bound in vellum with gilt lettering and decoration and bevelled. There is slight wear to the extremities only. The binding is tight and firm. Internally the pages are clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
