The Selected Essays of Cyril Connolly. Edited with an Introduction by Peter Quennell.
by [Literary Essays] Connolly, Cyril
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- ISBN 10
- 0892550724
- ISBN 13
- 9780892550722
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New York:: Persea Books,, 1984.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a lightly sunned spine. Connolly spent his life immersed in literature and the arts and moved among the giants of modernism--James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, Huxley, Hemingway, Gide and Ezra Pound. He was the founder of Horizon magazine and one of the foremost editors and critics of his time. This collection features thirty of his essays broken into three sections: Travel, Life and Literature, and Satires and Parodies.
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- Gregor Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23396
- Title
- The Selected Essays of Cyril Connolly. Edited with an Introduction by Peter Quennell.
- Author
- [Literary Essays] Connolly, Cyril
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing of the First US Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0892550724
- ISBN 13
- 9780892550722
- Publisher
- Persea Books,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1984.
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- Literature
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