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Letters to a Friend: The Correspondence Between T.H. White and L. J. Potts
by WHITE, T. H
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399126937
- ISBN 13
- 9780399126932
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Very Good/Very Good Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Selected and edited by Francois Gallix. Sienna cloth backed with gilt titles, sienna paper-wrapped boardxs, very clean, unmarked, lower corners gently bumped, sewn binding tight and solid with intact endbands; pages very clean, no marks of any kind, lightly toned. Clean, unclipped dust jacket with light wear to extremities. T. H. White, 1906-1964, is best known for his "The Once and Future KIng", his re-telling of the tmeless Arthur/Merlin legend. White was a teacher for several years inthr 1930s until he began devoting his whole time to writing. In this lively correspondence, he writes to his own "Merlin", L. J. Potts, the man who, from White's second year at Cambridge until the end of his life, was his advisor, then his adversary, and finally, his harshest critic and devoted friend. This is an intimate, deeply emotional chronicle of a friendship that lasted a lifetime. 280 pages with reviews and Notes. 9 x 5.75 inches. 1982, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, USA
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023712
- Title
- Letters to a Friend: The Correspondence Between T.H. White and L. J. Potts
- Author
- WHITE, T. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399126937
- ISBN 13
- 9780399126932
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- CORRESPONDENCE AUTHORS, ENGLISH
- X weight
- 0 oz
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