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The Georgian Literary Scene - (Everyman's Library Volume 943)
by Frank Swinnerton
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J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, London, 1938. First Thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Everyman's Library No. 943 in their 'Essays & Belles-Lettres' catagory; blind-stamped publisher's device to front cover; white on orange patterned end-papers; preface & contents to the front followed by essays on Henry James; Virginia Woolf; D. H. Lawrence; George Bernard Shaw; H. G. Wells; Joseph Conrad; James Joyce; Siegfried Sassoon & many other major authors; dramatists; essayists & poets of the late 19th & early 20th centuries. 8-page list of Everyman's Library titles to the rear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 12 + 379 + 8 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact; slight fading to spine colour. Previous owner's signature in ink to fep.. Top edge brown. Gilt titles spine. orange cloth. Includes index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Georgian Literature; Georgian Authors; Georgian Poets; Britain/UK; 19th & 20th century; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 3880. .
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- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3880
- Title
- The Georgian Literary Scene - (Everyman's Library Volume 943)
- Author
- Frank Swinnerton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Essays/Literary Criticism/Literature/Literary/Georgian Literature/Georgian Authors/Georgian Poets/Everyman's Library Essays & Literary Criticism; Georgian Literature; Georgian Authors; Georgian Poets; Britain/UK; 19th & 20th century;
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