Revaluations : Studies in Biography. OXFORD : 1931. HARDBACK in JACKET.
by ABERCROMBIE, Lascelles (1881-1938), CHESTERTON, G.K. [ Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936; A.C. Ward; Stephen Gwynn; Lord David Cecil; Edward Marjoribanks; James Laver; G.D.H. Cole; Naomi Mitchison; T.E. Welby; Captain Liddell Hart. [ Mary Queen of Sco
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1931. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [ Mary Queen of Scots; Oliver Goldsmith; Charles James Fox; Tennyson; W.E. Gladstone; George Frederick Watts; William Morris; Elizabeth Garrett Anderson; Walter Pater; Ferdinand Foch.]. FIRST EDITION. OXFORD : 1931. Hardback. A series of addresses delivered at the City Literary Institute during the Lent term 1931. cf. Introduction. Original dark-red cloth; gilt lettered spine and cover. In red printed dust-jacket (price-clipped). Untrimmed edges as issued. No owner name or internal owner markings. Tight, bright and clean. Jacket spine slightly faded. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. (xi), 246, (i) pages. Scarce in its jacket. CONTENTS: Introduction, by A.C. Ward.--Mary Queen of Scots, by G.K. Chesterton.--Oliver Goldsmith, by Stephen Gwynn.--Charles James Fox, by Lord David Cecil.--Tennyson, by Lascelles Abercrombie.--W.E. Gladstone, by Edward Marjoribanks.--George Frederick Watts, by James Laver.--William Morris, by G.D.H. Cole.--Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, by Naomi Mitchison.--Walter Pater, by T.E. Welby.--Ferdinand Foch, by Captain Liddell Hart. SCARCE in its jacket. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping** 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. VERY SCARCE in its JACKET.
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- Revaluations : Studies in Biography. OXFORD : 1931. HARDBACK in JACKET.
- Author
- ABERCROMBIE, Lascelles (1881-1938), CHESTERTON, G.K. [ Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936; A.C. Ward; Stephen Gwynn; Lord David Cecil; Edward Marjoribanks; James Laver; G.D.H. Cole; Naomi Mitchison; T.E. Welby; Captain Liddell Hart. [ Mary Queen of Sco
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- [ Mary Queen of Scots; Oliver Goldsmith; Charles James Fox; Tennyson; W.E. Gladstone; George Frederick Watts; William Morris; El
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1931
- Size
- 8vo
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