E. OE. Somerville; Martin Ross [Violet Florence Martin] — Wheel-Tracks
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1923. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated work from cousins Edith OEnone Somerville and Violet Florence Martin. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen plates, and fifteen in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of prose works, with chapters entitled: Drishane, The Big Master, Rocks and the Sea, Jack Driscoll and Others, and Capital Letters, amongst others. Written by Edith Anna ÃÂOenone Somerville, an Irish novelist and her cousin Violet Florence Martin, an Irish author who wrote under the pen name of Martin Ross. The pair collaborated on numerous novels, and were most famous for their series of books that were made into the TV series The Irish R.M. With illustrations by Edith Anna ÃÂOenone Somerville. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light spotting to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: E. OE. Somerville. Very Good .
