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Some Reflections on Genius, and Other Essays
by Brain, Russell
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Pitman Medical Publishing Company, 1960. Some creasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, also some fading to spine of same. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of brown boards, a previous owner's bookplate on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A collection of essays by the author on Samuel Johnson, Jonathan Swift, Christopher Smart, Jacob Epstein and others. 192pp, drawings at chapter heads.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Smith, Norman . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012697
- Title
- Some Reflections on Genius, and Other Essays
- Author
- Brain, Russell
- Illustrator
- Smith, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Pitman Medical Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Essays, Samuel-Johnson
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Essays;
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About the Seller
JimsOldBooks
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Kirkwall, Orkney
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