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The Idler
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The Idler Hardback - 1961

by Neville Braybrooke

  • Used
  • Fine
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first

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London : Secker and Warburg, 1961. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. 7.5" by 5" . None . A signed first edition of The Idler by Neville Braybrooke. The first edition. Signed. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Neville Braybrooke was a poet, novelist, essayist, biographer, and literary critic.The Idler when published did not meet with much success. This is the only novel that he published. The story focuses on a post-war dilemma and its resolution. It is a story focused on how to understand the past. War damages the protagonist's life but this story looks for hope. In the original publisher's cloth in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart. Marginal age toning to the flyleaf and reverse of the dust wrapper. The boards are bright and clean. Internally firmly bound. Signed by the author on the title page. The pages are bright and clean. Fine
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  • Title The Idler
  • Author Neville Braybrooke
  • Illustrator None
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Publisher Secker and Warburg, London
  • Date 1961
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 884V22

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