Letters to a Friend 1950-1952 [with] Last Letters to a Friend 1952-1958. Edited by Constance Babington Smith. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
by MACAULAY] [Rose
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Collins,, [1961-62]. 2 vols., 8vo., with portrait frontispieces and plates, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper of second volume; red cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at heads and tails of backstrips. Vol. I: second impression (published a month after the first edition); Vol. II: first impression. A lovely set of Rose Macaulay's letters to Walter Allen. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22746
- Title
- Letters to a Friend 1950-1952 [with] Last Letters to a Friend 1952-1958. Edited by Constance Babington Smith. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
- Author
- MACAULAY] [Rose
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins,
- Date Published
- [1961-62]
- Keywords
- modern first editions, modern firsts, macaulay, rose macaulay, walter allen, constance babington smith
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