EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE;
by Pearson, Hesketh;
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row,, 1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition,. cloth, pp., 267, illustrated, 8 full page black and white plates,' These brilliant character sketches illustrate the author's belief that " biography thrives, not on great feats. exceptional valour, epic endurance, but on eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, comicality, the stuff of gossip and scandal." .fron the d.j. blurb. Pearson was extreamly popular in the 30's and 40's, today a favourite of biographer Michael Holroyd Size: 8 Vo.,.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B 1208
- Title
- EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE;
- Author
- Pearson, Hesketh;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition,
- Publisher
- Harper & Row,
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- , BIOGRAPHY, DARWIN, PAINE. PEARSON,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Returnable upon receipt with prior notification. If paying by check, please allow two weeks for clearance.
About the Seller
Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2004
Fredericton, New Brunswick
About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Mail order only. 51 years as a bookseller
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