A History of English Literature
by Peter Quennell & Hamish Johnson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0297765779
- ISBN 13
- 9780297765776
- Seller
-
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1973 Book. Very Good. Brown Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Scholarly guide to major English writers from the Anglo-Saxon period onwards. 512pp with index, 400 contemporary black and white illustrations. Gilt lettering to spine, brown endpapers. Minor bumping and fading to top of spine and top edges a little dusty, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. DJ is price clipped with some wear and nicks to efges, otherwise good. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage required for 1st class or overseas shipping..
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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012098
- Title
- A History of English Literature
- Author
- Peter Quennell & Hamish Johnson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0297765779
- ISBN 13
- 9780297765776
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Criticism;
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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