THE NEAR AND THE FAR Containing The Root And The Flower & The Pool Of Vishnu
by Myers, L. H
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Good, 1st thus edition (combined volume), beige clothbound boards (scuffed and bumped, blue cover/spine titling, text block firm
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1940. 1st thus. hardback. Good, 1st thus edition (combined volume), beige clothbound boards (scuffed and bumped, blue cover/spine titling, text block firm, pages unmarked, top edge blue.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Leopold Hamilton Myers (1881-1944) was a British novelist who took his own life during the war. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] His trilogy/tetralogy The Root and the Flower, set in India at the time of Akbar, is his major work and was recognised by the award of the 1935 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132207
- Title
- THE NEAR AND THE FAR Containing The Root And The Flower & The Pool Of Vishnu
- Author
- Myers, L. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, 1st thus edition (combined volume), beige clothbound boards (scuffed and bumped, blue cover/spine titling, text block firm
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1940
- Pages
- 412
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st thus, fiction, historical fiction, India, Myers, prize
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8\"\" x 5_\"\")
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