The Forsyte Saga (I-III)
by Galsworthy, John
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good, 3-volume set, no d/j, in green clothbound boards, gilt titling on cover & spine bright (some fading on II & III)
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1933. Grove. hardback. Very good, 3-volume set, no d/j, in green clothbound boards, gilt titling on cover & spine bright (some fading on II & III). 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). The Forsyte Saga won Galsworthy the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932. The original sequence was: 12. The Man of Property (1906); 13Indian Summer of a Forsyte, In Chancery (1918, 1920), Awakening, To Let (1920, 1921)
Synopsis
The Forsyte Saga is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by John Galsworthy. They chronicle the vicissitudes of the leading members of an upper-middle-class British family. Only a few generations removed from their farmer ancestors, the family members are keenly aware of their status as "new money".
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC37031
- Title
- The Forsyte Saga (I-III)
- Author
- Galsworthy, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 3-volume set, no d/j, in green clothbound boards, gilt titling on cover & spine bright (some fading on II & III)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Grove
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Pages
- 406+425+363
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction, set, pocket, Nobel, Galsworthy
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
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- 12mo
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