Meredith
by Sassoon, Siegfried
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (vg, some chipping and bumping, in protective sleeve), green boards (slight sunning; bumpe
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Constable, 1948. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (vg, some chipping and bumping, in protective sleeve), green boards (slight sunning; bumped on spine base) silver spine titling bright; text block firm, pages unmarked and tight. . 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). The great war poet and memoirist Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) turned his attention to the great Victorian man of letters George Meredith (who had been nominated for the Nobel Literature prize 7 times).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132838
- Title
- Meredith
- Author
- Sassoon, Siegfried
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (vg, some chipping and bumping, in protective sleeve), green boards (slight sunning; bumpe
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Constable
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 269
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6"")
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- war poets, biography, history, Sassoon, Meredith, 1st
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
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