Cowper - Poetry and Prose
by H, Dyson (Ed) D V
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+/VG/ND
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HARDBACK, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1931* Publisher: Oxford University Press.* Binding and cover condition: Dark blue linen covered boards, faded gilt title to spine & title with decoration to face. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of slightly faded spine. VG* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear. Small owners stamp to ffep, no marks to text, some ageing to top, bottom & fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: A b/w photo of a portrait to frontis, line drawings and diagrams within text throughout.* Pages: 183 pp. text. xiv pp., notes & advertisements at rear.* Description: William Cowper's rocky spiritual journey rose to great heights, yet, even to the end of his life, he intermittently descended to abysmal depths of psychological torment and despair. In the throes of his own despondency, Cowper was able to write poems and hymns which then and since have been comforting to others.* A NEAR VG++ text reprint copy with some minor faults but no dust jacket.*
Synopsis
A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive is Dave Pelzer's autobiographical account of his alleged abuse as a child by an alcoholic mother, Catherine Roerva. It was published on September 1, 1995. Surviving a childhood of not only severe abuse by his mother, but the apparent apathy to his plight by his father, Pelzer suffered one of the most severe documented cases of child abuse in California history.
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- Cocksparrow Books
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- 797
- Title
- Cowper - Poetry and Prose
- Author
- H, Dyson (Ed) D V
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Oxford Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- London UK 198
- Date Published
- 1939-01-01
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