Abinger Harvest
by Forster, E. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition (1st reprint same month), unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve), blue clothbound boards, gilt spine titlin
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About This Item
London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1936. 1st (1st reprint). hardback. Very good, 1st edition (1st reprint same month), unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve), blue clothbound boards, gilt spine titling; text block firm, pages unmarked and crisp.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). This collection contains Forsters delightful and essays on subjects as diverse as Mickey Mouse, English liberty, life in India, writers such as Woolf, Conrad and Proust, and the two pageants he wrote for his Surrey village of Abinger.
Synopsis
This collection of articles, essays, reviews, and poems, written by the author of A Passage to India, contains such well-known pieces as "Notes on the English Character,' 'Adrift in India," and "Me, Them and You." Also collected are essays on literary figures whose work Forster especially admired.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132272
- Title
- Abinger Harvest
- Author
- Forster, E. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition (1st reprint same month), unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve), blue clothbound boards, gilt spine titlin
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st (1st reprint)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edward Arnold & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1936
- Pages
- 351
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, literary criticism, Forster, anthology
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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