Under Siege: Literary Life in London 1939-45
by Hewison, Robert
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, light dust soiling along top edge, bright interior, unmarked. Simple brown cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, some edgewear at top, sunning to inside front flap edge, else not price-clipped. Several ranges of brilliant black-and-white photographs and illustrations including of writers such as Joyce Carey, George Orwell, Evelyn Waugh, J.B. Priestley and others, poets cuahs T.S. Eliot, Roy Fuller, Dylan Thomas, and painters such as Graham Bell, John Craxton, Henry Moore, Paul Nash, John Piper and Graham Sutherland. x, 1-219 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 351837
- Title
- Under Siege: Literary Life in London 1939-45
- Author
- Hewison, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- literature London England literary criticism W.W.I.I. Robert Hewison
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Criticism;
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