Essays from the Guardian
by Walter Pater;
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1898. Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good. 2nd edition in heavily tanned/darkened dust jacket. Original paper covered boards with title plate affixed to spine. Mild darkening to boards, otherwise very good+. Rough cut textblock edges. Sound binding. Previous owner's name in fountain pen front free end page. Clean interiors. Overall remarkably well preserved. Stated: '400 copies of this book have been printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper... '. Walter Pater was an important critic and novelist. He was tutor and friend of the great poet Gerald Manley Hopkins. His influence was vast and included many of the great late 19th/early 20th century modernist, Oscar Wilde, Joyce, Yeats, Valéry, Eliot, Pound and more. Among critics his influence is also long lived and includes Bloomsbury Group's Roger Fry. His great novel, Marius the Epicurean, remains essential reading today. Essays from the Guardian is an important posthumous collection of his book reviews, capturing thoughts about literature.
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Details
- Bookseller
- A Cappella Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230050
- Title
- Essays from the Guardian
- Author
- Walter Pater;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas B. Mosher
- Place of Publication
- Portland, ME
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Literary Non-Fiction
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About the Seller
A Cappella Books
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Atlanta, Georgia
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A Cappella Books is a full service used, new & out-of-print bookstore located in the heart of Atlanta's bohemian district, Little 5 Points, since 1989. We stock a general selection of some 20 to 30, 000 paperbacks & hardcovers, ranging from the common to the quite scarce. Our specialties reflect the personality of our neighborhood and, to varying degrees, our staff. But don't be fooled, we really have something for almost everybody who loves books. Come see us.
A Cappella Books is a full service used, new & out-of-print bookstore located in the heart of Atlanta's bohemian district, Little 5 Points, since 1989. We stock a general selection of some 20 to 30, 000 paperbacks & hardcovers, ranging from the common to the quite scarce. Our specialties reflect the personality of our neighborhood and, to varying degrees, our staff. But don't be fooled, we really have something for almost everybody who loves books. Come see us.
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