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Clarkey : A Portrait in Letters of Mary Clarke (1793-1883)
by Lesser, M. J
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0192117874
- ISBN 13
- 9780192117878
- Seller
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east Sussex, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Item Price
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About This Item
London New York,: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1984. Oxford University Press, 1984 First Edition. 5.5" x 8.5" Tall. ISBN:0192117874.finefirst ed. Blue hard cover, gilt title to spine. Very clean, tight text. very good/fine pictorial DJ, 235pp. 9 b/w illustrations. 'This portrait of Mary Clarke, later Mary Mohl, is drawn as far as possible in the trenchant, witty, irrepressible, and irreverent words of her own letters, many of them printed for the first time. They not only introduce us to a striking personality in her own right, but give a valuable picture of changes in English and French life and literature over nearly a century.' (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good/fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.
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- Bookseller
- thelondonbookworm.com
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009516
- Title
- Clarkey : A Portrait in Letters of Mary Clarke (1793-1883)
- Author
- Lesser, M. J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good/fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0192117874
- ISBN 13
- 9780192117878
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- London New York,
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- History Letters Critical Essays Literature
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Tight
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