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Jul 17, 1859 — May 25, 1946· 86 yrs

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Ernest Rhys

Also known as: Rhys, Ernest, Rhys Ernest 1859-1946

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Ernest Percival Rhys, born in Islington in north London, was a Welsh-English writer and editor, best known for his role as founding editor of the Everyman's Library series of affordable classics. When Rhys died in London on 25 May 1946, 983 Everyman titles had been produced. He wrote essays, stories, poetry, novels and plays. Source: [Wikipedia]()

Islington, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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A MERCHANT, sire, of this city did me the honour two days since of inviting me to an entertainment which he gave yesterday morning to his friends; I repaired to his house at an early hour, and found about twenty people assembled.

— from The Garden of Romance

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The Garden of Romance

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The Story of the Lame Young Man, From the Arabian Nights The Story of Cymon and Iphigenia, From the Decameron The Story of Balin and Balan, From the Morte D'arthur The Story of Marcella, From Don Quixote The Story of le Fevre, From Tristram Shandy The Tapestried Chamber, By Sir W. Scott Rip Van Winkle By W. Irving My Kinsman, Major Molineux, By N. Hawthorne [Fall of the House of Usher]( By E. A. Poe The "old Bachelor's" Nightcap, By H. C. Anderson (tr. By Grace Rhys)

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Literary pamphlets chiefly relating to poetry from Sidney to Byron

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