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News of the World
by Barker, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, missing d/j, blue cloth boards, gilt spine titling a little rubbed; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked. Proven
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, 1950. 1st. hardback. Very good, missing d/j, blue cloth boards, gilt spine titling a little rubbed; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked. Provenance: inscribed on ffep by Christopher Fry, the English poet and playwright who died in 2005). 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). George Granville Barker (1913-1991) was an English poet identified with the New Apocalyptics movement which reacted against 1930s realism with mythical and surrealistic themes. He was helped by his editor at Faber, T. S. Eliot, to get a university teaching post in Japan which ended in 1940 as hostilities began.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC121793
- Title
- News of the World
- Author
- Barker, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, missing d/j, blue cloth boards, gilt spine titling a little rubbed; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked. Proven
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Pages
- 64
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, poetry, George Barker, Faber, Provenance, Christopher Fry
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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