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Books and Characters French and English
by Lytton Strachey
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$307.86A$277.07
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1922. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. The first edition of Lytton Strachey's in-depth history of French and English literature, illustrated throughout. The first edition, first impression, of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A literary criticism work discussing the development and state of French and English literature. Discussing Voltaire, Rousseau, Shakespeare, and more.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. Collated, complete.Written by Lytton Strachey, one of the founding members of the Bloomsbury Group.One page of publisher's adverts to the rear, with an additional spine label. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Spine is a little faded. A little bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Light spots to the fore edge. Dustwrapper with light edgewear, resulting in chips to the head and tail of the spine. Discolouration and some marks to the wraps. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 753P27
- Title
- Books and Characters French and English
- Author
- Lytton Strachey
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- Books and Characters French and English books and characters lytton strachey bloomsbury books and characters literature french
Terms of Sale
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Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Fine
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- Dustwrapper
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