Autumn Journal.
by MACNEICE, Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Faber & Faber, 1939. . First edition, first impression; 8vo; light age-toning to text block, else unmarked internally; publisher's russet cloth, gilt lettering to spine, slight rubbing to extremities, with the unclipped dust-jacket, some chips and tears, minor loss to spine ends, rear panel soiled, else very good.
First edition of the author's masterpiece, written between August and December 1938. A record of the author's intellectual and emotional experience during that period, MacNeice described the work as 'both a panorama and a confession of faith'.
First edition of the author's masterpiece, written between August and December 1938. A record of the author's intellectual and emotional experience during that period, MacNeice described the work as 'both a panorama and a confession of faith'.
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- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 109307
- Title
- Autumn Journal.
- Author
- MACNEICE, Louis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Faber & Faber, 1939.
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