ESSAYS ON LITERATURE, HISTORY, POLITICS, ETC.
by WOOLF, Leonard
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very good.
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About This Item
London: The Hogarth Press, 1927. First edition. Very good.. Gilt cloth. Bookplate scar on front pastedown, otherwise a very good copy, without the uncommon dust jacket.
First edition. Essays concerning Jonson, Hazlitt, Stevenson, Butler, and Conrad, among others. According to Woolmer, one of 1520 copies printed, of which 350 copies were later pulped; according to Luedeking & Edmonds, only 1000 copies were printed. WOOLMER 153. L&E A24a.
First edition. Essays concerning Jonson, Hazlitt, Stevenson, Butler, and Conrad, among others. According to Woolmer, one of 1520 copies printed, of which 350 copies were later pulped; according to Luedeking & Edmonds, only 1000 copies were printed. WOOLMER 153. L&E A24a.
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- Bookseller
- Second Wind Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 299
- Title
- ESSAYS ON LITERATURE, HISTORY, POLITICS, ETC.
- Author
- WOOLF, Leonard
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Hogarth Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
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