Books on the Table.
by GOSSE Edmund
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Heinemann,, [1921]. 8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, free endpapers lightly browned; original brown cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. Dedicated to George Moore, this collection includes forty of Gosse's inimitable essays including 'The Letters of Tchekhov', 'The Unveiling of Tolstoi', 'Thackeray's Daughter', 'Carlyle' and 'Goethe'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18162
- Title
- Books on the Table.
- Author
- GOSSE Edmund
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann,
- Date Published
- [1921]
- Keywords
- modern firsts, edmund gosse, tolstoy, chekhov, carlyle, goethe, thackeray, essays, edmund gosse, modern first editions, books, table
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About the Seller
Island Books
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Thakeham, West Sussex
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