A Flame in Sunlight. The Life and Work of Thomas De Quincey. With 4 Plates in Photogravure. Malcolm Elwin's Review Copy
by Edward Sackville West
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1936. First Edition, First Impression . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1936 First edition, first impression. Size octavo, 352 pages including index. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, top page edge blue, with dust jacket. Book condition very good, corners slightly and hinges rubbed, a few spots to page edges and first and last few pages, pages toned otherwise clean throughout. Dust jacket condition very good, corners and edges rubbed with a few minor chips head and tail of spine brittle and torn with loss of 1cm at head of spine and half cm at base of spine, spine sunned, a few light spots, Malcolm Elwin has written a few review notes on the front panel, not price clipped. This copy was the review copy belonging to Biographer and Critic Malcolm Elwin (1903-1973) and the original review slip from Cassell and Company is loosely inserted and Elwin has made a few ms review notes on the front panel of the dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015358
- Title
- A Flame in Sunlight. The Life and Work of Thomas De Quincey. With 4 Plates in Photogravure. Malcolm Elwin's Review Copy
- Author
- Edward Sackville West
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Bound Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- NON FICTION BIOGRAPHY LITERATURE LITERARY COLLECTIONS PROSE CRITICISM
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Lazarus Books Limited
Biblio member since 2007
Blackpool, Lancashire
About Lazarus Books Limited
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- Tail
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