Was: A pastime from time past by David Daiches - 1975-01-01

Thames & Hudson, 1975. 1st edition.. Hardback. Imitation cloth, dj, VG/VG. 223pp, flaps of the dustjacket yellowed, offsetting to the title from a newspaper clipping that has been laid in, otherwise a fine copy. A study of the author's childhood in Edinburgh, described on the dustjacket flap as being 'about the way in which the verbally sensitive imagination of a Rabbi's son in Ebinburgh is simultaneously involved with the past & present of Edinburgh & of Scotland and with the past of his own Jewish ancestors who strech back to the Bible'. David Daiches [ 1912 - 2005 ] Scottish literary historian and literary critic.

Thames & Hudson, 1975. Hardcover. Good/Good. the jacket is shelf rubbed. mild tanning. light marks. ownership stamp. well bound. good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London,, 1975. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Very good in very good dust jacket. Decent copy. . 8vo. pp 223. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered silver at the spine. David Daiches Raphael (1916 - 2015) British writer, academic philosopher, political theorist and Imperial College fellow. He was related to the historian David Daiches by marriage. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper, ""For Sylvia and David, with love from David - May 1975."" ISBN: 0500011265