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Emily Bront, a biography
by Grin, Winifred
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j, blue boards, gilt spine titling right; text block firm, pages crisp and bright. Provenanc
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About This Item
Oxford: Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press, 1971. 1st. hardback. Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j, blue boards, gilt spine titling right; text block firm, pages crisp and bright. Provenance: inscribed on ffep by Christopher Fry, the English poet and playwright who died in 2005). 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Winifred Grin (1901-1981) was a biographer, especially known for her biographies of each of the Bront siblings (for which she won several awards). She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1968 and OBE in 1975.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC122507
- Title
- Emily Bront, a biography
- Author
- Grin, Winifred
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j, blue boards, gilt spine titling right; text block firm, pages crisp and bright. Provenanc
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1971
- Pages
- 290
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, biography, Emily Bront, Grin, provenance, Christopher Fry
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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- FFEP
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Inscribed
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