THE FORSYTE SAGA
London: William Heinemann Ltd / Windmill Press, 1951. first Facimilie. full Morocco. THE FORSYTE SAGA
John Galsworthy
FORE-EDGE PAINTING
Published by William Heinemann Ltd / Windmill Press 1951
This is the 1951 reprint from 1922 including folding family tree chart as frontice.
1042pp not illustrated as per the original 1922 edition. Bound in full red straight grain Morocco for Henry Sotherans, Ltd. With tipped in signature of John Galsworthy dated March 11 1916.
Fore-Edge painting is the view of Richmond Bridge, London. Beautifully painted showing the bridge and its quaint surroundings.
The Forsyte Saga was first published in its entirety in 1922; the illustrated single volume edition with Anthony Gross's highly acclaimed drawings was first published in 1950. The Forsyte Saga earned Galsworthy the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932, and his tales of the vicissitudes of a large upper-middle-class English family have been adapted under various guises for film and television, including the 1949 Hollywood film That Forsyte Woman, starring Errol Flynn, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, and Robert Young. very goon. Item #440
Price (USD): $1,200.00