GOLDSWORTHY LOWES DICKINSON 6 AUGUST 1862 3 AUGUST 1932 FELLOW OF THE COLLEGE 1887-1932
by [FRY, Roger] DICKINSON, Goldsworthy Lowes
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Cambridge: King's College Cambridge, 1933. Small octavo. Brown cardstock, string bound, printed in black. First edition. Frontispiece portrait, and one additional portrait plate of G. L. D. at Charleston, the home of Vanessa Bell, et al; each photo with tissue guard. Printed at the University Press, January 1933, for distribution to members of the College. Contains a memoir by Roger Fry, a memorial essay by J. T. Sheppard from The Cambridge Review, a poem by Dickinson, and a short list of printed books by G. L. D. Lap edges of wrapper rumpled, as is usual, else very good.
First edition. From the personal library of noted Bloomsbury collector, William Beekman, with his bookplate on front free endpaper, and a letter from a bookseller gifting this copy to Beekman after having purchased it in Edinburgh.
First edition. From the personal library of noted Bloomsbury collector, William Beekman, with his bookplate on front free endpaper, and a letter from a bookseller gifting this copy to Beekman after having purchased it in Edinburgh.
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- Second Wind Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- GOLDSWORTHY LOWES DICKINSON 6 AUGUST 1862 3 AUGUST 1932 FELLOW OF THE COLLEGE 1887-1932
- Author
- [FRY, Roger] DICKINSON, Goldsworthy Lowes
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- King's College Cambridge
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1933
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