THE JAMESES, a Family Narrative
by R W B Lewis
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Packed book weighs 1.5kgs (3.25lbs). Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps,stickers,
- Seller
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Andre Deutsch, London - first UK edition 1991 hardcover, 9 1/2" x 6 1/4", with dust jacket Packed book weighs 1.5kgs (3.25lbs). Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps,stickers, barcode, etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Black cloth-bound boards with gold title to black spine label, illustrated map endpapers, illustrated frontispiece [1861 journal reproduction], genealogical tables, 61 b&w photographs, appendices, notes, index. In this impeccably researched narrative, RWB Lewis traces the origins, development and flowering of this intellectual American family. Its most famous members: William James (psychologist), Henry James (novelist), Alice James (political radical), Garth Wilkinson (war hero), and Robertson (alcoholic). Their father, one-legged William Snr.- with his intellectual curiosity and lifelong ethical commitment - provided a climate favorable to the creative growth of his talented children.
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Details
- Seller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 28546
- Title
- THE JAMESES, a Family Narrative
- Author
- R W B Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 9 1/2" x 6 1/4", with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Packed book weighs 1.5kgs (3.25lbs). Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps,stickers,
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch, London - first UK edition
- Date Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 696 pages
- Keywords
- Authors and Writers Psychology Politics and Government William Henry James NOAMZCOM
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McCrae, Victoria
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