Bernard Shaw: The One-Volume Definitive Edition
by Holroyd, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0375500499
- ISBN 13
- 9780375500497
- Seller
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
A lovely copy! An "as new" hardcover copy (square, unmarked, and seemingly unread) in a pristine dust jacket -- crisp, bright, and tight -- which has NOT been price-clipped. Stated first edition. Deckle edge. Suitable condition for presentation as a gift, or for adding to a library collection. Definitive biography of George Bernard Shaw. Ships from NC. All books are sealed in plastic, packaged securely, and shipped promptly.
Synopsis
Michael Holroyd was born in 1935 and is half-Swedish and partly Irish. Recognised as one of the greatest biographers of our time, he is the author of acclaimed biographies of Hugh Kingsmill, Lytton Strachey, Augustus John, and Shaw. He was awarded the CBE in 1989. Born in London, he now lives in London and Somerset and is married to author Margaret Drabble.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 720180703
- Title
- Bernard Shaw: The One-Volume Definitive Edition
- Author
- Holroyd, Michael
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0375500499
- ISBN 13
- 9780375500497
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
Terms of Sale
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- Crisp
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- Deckle edge
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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