Capes’ job, however, was to produce pages upon pages of genre fiction, and he did so thoroughly. After his studies at Slade, Capes worked briefly for a publishing company - even editing Theater magazine for its last year - but eventually settled into the profession of a popular writer.Ĭapes published rapidly: serialized mystery stories, historical romances, and some fairly creepy ghost stories. A job as a clerk led nowhere, and other businesses left little impression. Not in Sadleir or Wolff.Īll books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated.After school Capes's career wandered aimlessly. A minor issue variant, some otherwise similar copies having a final blank before the catalogue. The free end-paper bears the subsequent bookplate of Alex Bridge, whose signature appears also on its verso.
Shiel / John Gawsworth, with the Realm of Redonda bookplate on the front pastedown. Shiel / John Gawsworth, with the Realm of Redonda bookplate.From the library of M.P. note) and one or two light pencil marks in text (mostly ticks) owners’ signatures at head of title-page and back of front end-paper some light foxing, more or less confined to first few leaves, and a couple of leaves roughly opened in effect a very nice, crisp, copy nonetheless. and uncut edges bookplates on front end-papers (v. Darker mottling to back cover and slight foxing to prelims. Catalogue, at end, dated ‘5/98’ bottle green coarse buckram, blocked and lettered gilt, lettered bottle green through gilt on front cover, lettered gilt on spine a.e. All Rights reserved Title printed in black and red first leaf of last gathering a single inset pp.+301+ publisher’s inserted 32pp. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1898. By Bernard Capes, Author of ‘The Mill of Silence,’ ‘The Lake of Wine,’ etc.
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