Biographical Essays
by Lytton Strachey
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Chatto & Windus, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1948. No Edition Stated. 295 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth and gilt lettering. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. More pronounced tanning and foxing to free end papers and pastedowns. Noticeable foxing to text block edges. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears, and creasing. Moderate tanning to jacket spine and edges.
Synopsis
Thirty-five sketches, including pieces on Voltaire, Frederick the Great, Rousseau, Gibbon, Walpole, Boswell, Carlyle, and Sarah Bernhardt, by one of the great biographical writers of this century. Companion volume to Strachey's Literary Essays. Index.
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- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1669132764DPB
- Title
- Biographical Essays
- Author
- Lytton Strachey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Date Published
- 1948
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