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English Eccentrics. (Folio Edition).
by Sitwell, Edith
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F/F/VG+
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 1996* Publisher: The Folio Society.* Binding and cover condition: Quarter bound, patterned paper covered boards with dark grey cloth to spine, with silver title to spine. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear. FINE* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. Light blue covered slip-case with minimal shelf & some lights marks. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Light blue coloured end-papers. Top edge coloured (black). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: A number of b/w line drawings at frontis and within text throughout.* Pages: 262 pp. text. vi pp. index at rear.* Description: Originally published in 1933, ?English Eccentrics? retains much of its vitality and levity despite being two generations (at least) behind the times. Sitwell caught the character of the English Eccentric at a time just before the wholesale decline of Empire, and thus the character portrayed here is a 'standard' one. Sitwell takes no prisoners and pokes fun by speaking the truth. We get a gifted glimpse of the ?usually overlooked obvious.? A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./2nd. with NO VISIBLE FAULTS in a complete undamaged slightly marked slip case.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1078
- Title
- English Eccentrics. (Folio Edition).
- Author
- Sitwell, Edith
- Illustrator
- Pym, Roland
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus, 2nd . Imp.
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London UK 268
- Date Published
- 1996-01-01
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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