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Henry James: Stories Of Writers & Artists
by Henry. F. O. Matthiessen (editor) James
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New Directions/James Laughlin, New York, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Blue Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. b/w. frontis. portrait of Henry James, titles, contents list & Introductory essay by the editor to the front. In this collection of biographical sketches, James provides a vivid and insightful look at the lives and works of some of the most famous writers and artists of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Featuring profiles of luminaries such as George Eliot, Gustave Flaubert, and Robert Browning. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 346 pages. Previous owner's name & gift inscriptions inside front cover & fep.. Gilt titles spine (faded) & bright gilt design front cover. light wear to extremities. / Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Literary Criticism; Short Stories; Novels; 19th & 20th centuries; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 5117. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5117
- Title
- Henry James: Stories Of Writers & Artists
- Author
- Henry. F. O. Matthiessen (editor) James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Blue Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New Directions/James Laughlin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Literary Criticism/Fiction/Novels/Short Stories/Literature & Literary/Biography Literature & Literary; Literary Criticism; Short Stories; Novels; 19th & 20th centuries; Biography & Autobiography. Unbranded Henry. F. O. Matthiesse
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