World within world : the autobiography of Stephen Spender
by Spender, Stephen (1909-1995)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
London : Hamish Hamilton, 1951. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. SIGNED and dated by the author. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 305 pages; Physical desc. : xi, 305 p. Frontis. (port) ; 22 cm. Subject: Spender, Stephen, 1909-95 - Biography. Poets, English - 20th century - Biography. Notes: Frontispiece illustration: The author in 1932. ""Book Society Choice"" to head of front and flap of dw.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 177537
- Title
- World within world : the autobiography of Stephen Spender
- Author
- Spender, Stephen (1909-1995)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Hamish Hamilton
- Date Published
- 1951
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