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Penfriends from Porlock
by Wilson, A. N
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0393026477
- ISBN 13
- 9780393026474
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1989. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing of First American Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket i in Very Good Condition. Handsome forest green half cloth with tan cloth over boards, gilt lettered spine. Clean, tight, solid, lovely book. Lower edges and spine heel lightly rubbed; small amount of spotting on fore edge of page block near lower corner. Glossy, clean, bright, unclipped Jacket; jacket illustration is detail from the painting of The Lion of St. Mark by Carpaccio. A N Wilson is known for his brilliant biographies and satiric novels. We have here short bios of many different people/places/ages--Oswald Moseley; Henry James; Venetian romantic poets; Victorians-Lord Macauley, Tennyson, William Barnes; Six English novelists; and more. A beautiful and interesting book. 278 pages. 6.4 x 9.5 inches. 1989, W W Norton, New York
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025242
- Title
- Penfriends from Porlock
- Author
- Wilson, A. N
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393026477
- ISBN 13
- 9780393026474
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- VENICE ROMANTIC POETS SAMUEL JOHNSON LORD MACAULAY CECIL BEATON BIOGRAPHIES LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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