In Hazard
by Hughes, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
-
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Richard Hughes (1900—1976) attended Oxford and lived for most of his life in a castle in Wales. His books include The Fox in the Attic, The Wooden Shepherdess , and A High Wind in Jamaica. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and, in the United States, an honorary member of both the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1946. John Crowley is the author of many critically acclaimed books, including Love & Sleep, Aegypt , and Little, Big . He lives in northern Massachusetts with his wife and twin daughters.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60425
- Title
- In Hazard
- Author
- Hughes, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- E-026
- Date Published
- 1938
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