George allen and Unwin,. Hardback. First edition. 227pp+publisher's ads. Includes pieces on George Bernard Shaw, Joseph Conrad, H. G. Wells, Alfred North Whitehead, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, John Stuart Mill, Orwell's 1984, Why I am not a Communist, History as an Art, etc. Foxed to closed page edges. Brick red cloth with silver titles to spine is very clean and neat. Dust wrapper is edge worn and has had some archival tape to the inside which is almost invisible and won't yellow with age. Previous owner's not in pen to endpaper and Book token glued in onto endpaper. Very good copy in good dust wrapper . Hardback. First Edition. 1956.

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Bookseller: C L Hawley (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 21881
Title: Portraits from Memory and Other Essays
Author: Russell, Bertrand
Format/Binding: Hardback
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: George allen and Unwin,
Date Published: 1956
Keywords: Bertrand Russell,Philosophy,Essays,George Bernard Shaw,Joseph Conrad,, H. G. Wells,Alfred North Whitehead,Sidney Webb,Beatrice Webb,John , Stuart Mill,George Orwell,First edition philosophy,Nobel laureates in , Literature,

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