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Reflections in a Mirror
by Charles Morgan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co. , 1944. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5" . None . An excellent first edition of this first series of essays by Charles Morgan, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this work. A series of essays representative of the search for related values in the confusion of modern life. Selected by Charles Morgan from his series 'Menander's Mirror', which the author contributed weekly to The Times Literary Supplement, a selection illustrative of the variety of topics and themes over artistic and social subjects.Signed by Charles Morgan to the title page, undated. A second series appeared in 1946. Including essays on authors such as Thomas Hardy, Emily Bronte, Ivan Turgenev, and topics including on being a prisoner, on being born now, and on Nausicaa and the pelicans among many others.Complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Signed by the author to the title page. Evidence of a previous ownership signature being professionally erased to the title page. The dust wrapper is unclipped and very smart with minor shelf wear only, light soiling and faint minor spotting to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to the fore edge, not affecting any of the leaves that remain bright and clean. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 803A3
- Title
- Reflections in a Mirror
- Author
- Charles Morgan
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1944
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- charles morgan signed books first editions essays signed books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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