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SWEETNESS AND LIGHT
by ARNOLD, Matthew
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine-/No Jacket (none Issued?)
- Seller
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Tunbridge Wells , Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London etc.: Harrap, 1923. 1st thus. (1st 1800) . Dec. Leatherized Cloth. Fine-/No Jacket (none Issued?). 7.5 Cms x 13 Cms. half-title+f/piece (picture of angel)+95, brown endpapers, dark brown (?) top edge; light orange decorative borders thyroughout, inc.t.p., all unopened except final 2 leaves, which have been opened a little clumsily, this is the only fault I have discovered; covers have dark leather appearancew with panelled title to front in gilt and green, no spine lettering. Originally appeared as first section of Arnold's 1869 Culture and Anarchy. Apparently scarce. Reprints Arnold's famous essay/talk on cutlure and religion. Note: quoted shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range.
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- Bookseller
- Douglas Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007239
- Title
- SWEETNESS AND LIGHT
- Author
- ARNOLD, Matthew
- Format/Binding
- Dec. Leatherized Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (none Issued?)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st thus. (1st 1800)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harrap
- Place of Publication
- London etc.
- Date Published
- 1923
- Size
- 7.5 Cms x 13 Cms
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature Culture Essays Belle-Lettres Miniature Books
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Tunbridge Wells , Kent
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