The Writer and His Craft: Being the Hopwood Lectures, 1932-1952
by Cowden, Roy W. (foreword by)
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michican Press, 1954 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. vii, 297 pp, foreword, The Hopwood lectures; biographical notes, index of authors. Second Printing, 1954. "Includes among other lectures: A Successor to Mark Twain by Christopher Morley (1937, The First American Man of Letters: Benjamin Franklin by Carl Van Doren (1939), Poetry as Primitive Language by John Crowe Ransom (1942), The Themes of Robert Frost by Robert Penn Warren (1947), and The Responsibilities of the Critic by F. O. Mathiessen (1949)" Price clipped. Lightly age-toned spine dj, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Light olive-green cloth with blacklettering to front board and spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004197
- Title
- The Writer and His Craft: Being the Hopwood Lectures, 1932-1952
- Author
- Cowden, Roy W. (foreword by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The University of Michican Press
- Place of Publication
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- LITERARY CRITICISM LECTURES HOPWOOD LECTURES 1932-1952
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERARY CRITICISM;
- Size
- 8vo
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