Old Lamps for NewPaperback, 9 April 2008

This antiquarian volume contains Edward Verrall Lucas's 1911 novel, Old Lamps for New. This book constitutes a must-read for fans of Lucas's wonderful work, and it is not to be missed by collectors of antiquarian literature of this ilk. The chapters of this book include: "The School for Sympathy", "On The Track of Vermeer", "The Fool's Paradise", "An American Hero", "Mr. Hastings", "Thoughts on Tan", "On Leavings One's Beat", "The Deer Park", "The Rarities", "The Owl", "The Unusual Morning", etcetera. Edward Verrall Lucas (1868 - 1938) was a popular English essayist, biographer, publisher, playwright, poet, novelist, short story writer and editor. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.