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World Within World (Edwin Morgan's copy with his signature)
by Stephen Spender
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hamish Hamilton, London, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. This copy is from the library of the Scottish poet Edwin Morgan & bears his signature on the front end-paper. The autobiography is mainly concerned with the themes of love; poetry; politics; the life of literature; childhood; travel; & the development of certain attitudes toward moral problems. with all of these being related to the background of events from 1928 to 1939. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ix + 349. Spine slightly browned with age. Previous owner's signature (Edwin Morgan - poet) in red ink. Top edge blue. Gilt titles spine. blue cloth. Includes index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Poetry; Poets; Literary Biography; England; 1930s; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 4645. .
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- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4645
- Title
- World Within World (Edwin Morgan's copy with his signature)
- Author
- Stephen Spender
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Autobiography/Poets/Literary Biography/Literature & LiteraryStephen Spender/Edwin Morgan Biography & Autobiography; Poetry; Poets; Literary Biography; England; 1930s; Literature & Literary. Unbranded Stephen Spender World Within Worl
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