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Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889). A Study of Poetic Idiosyncrasy in Relation to Poetic Tradition. With a Foreword by Gerard Hopkins. [Complete set of the Best Edition of the definitive critical study]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
by GARDNER W. H
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Secker & Warburg,, [1948-49]. 2 vols., 8vo., Best Edition, on laid paper, with a plate and two large folding facsimiles of musical scores, some light spotting and offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original blue cloth, gilt backs, edges a trifle dusty else a very good, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at heads and tails of backstrips. This set comprises Vol. I (second and best edition, 1948) and Vol. II (first edition 1949). The first volume (1944) was substantially revised for this second and best edition. 'The nearest approach to a definitive critical study yet written' (Dunne). SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Dunne, H116 and H128 respectively; NCBEL, III, p. 584.
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- Title
- Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889). A Study of Poetic Idiosyncrasy in Relation to Poetic Tradition. With a Foreword by Gerard Hopkins. [Complete set of the Best Edition of the definitive critical study]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
- Author
- GARDNER W. H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg,
- Date Published
- [1948-49]
- Keywords
- modern firsts, poetry, poets, gerard manley hopkins, literary criticism, w.h. gardner, modern first editions, gerard, manley, hopkins, (1844-1889)
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