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Literary Architecture: Essays Towards a Tradition (Walter Pater, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Marcel Proust, Henry James) .
by Ellen Eve Frank
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0520033523
- ISBN 13
- 9780520033528
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley, CA University of California Press, 1979. Hardcover First Edition (1979), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition (1979), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Good+ in Very Near Fine DJ: The Book a former owner's name inscribed at the upper front free endpaper; the binding is square but the text block is slightly cocked within the squared-off boards; the binding does remain secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor, unobtrusive flaws. Not far from 'As New'. The DJ shows very mild rubbing to the panels; else flawless; unclipped; mylar-protected. Attractive and intact. Very close to "As New". Overall a very handsome volume: a slick paper production .NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.25 x 5.25 x 0.85 inches). xv, 311 pages. Extensive Notes. Index. Attractively illustrated with 37 duotone plates. Language: English. Weight: 19 ounces. Erratum slip laid in. Hardback with DJ.
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 56806
- Title
- Literary Architecture: Essays Towards a Tradition (Walter Pater, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Marcel Proust, Henry James).
- Author
- Ellen Eve Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (1979), First Printing indicated by a complete num
- ISBN 10
- 0520033523
- ISBN 13
- 9780520033528
- Publisher
- University of California Press,
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA
- Date Published
- 1979.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Prose & Criticism; Classic English Novel; Literary Criticism and Theory; Classic English Literature;
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