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Olga Nazimov and Other Stories (1915)
by George, W. L. [Walter Lionel George]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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LEWES, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Mills & Boon, 1915. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt. Spine and board edges lightly sunned, some foxing spots, good. The title piece is a short novel of love and betrayal involving expatriate Russians and an American visitor, set in Switzerland. This is followed by twenty-eight short stories, some of which George wrote in collaboration with his wife. George was a successful novelist, with noted liberal/left-wing sympathies; praised by George Orwell in his essay Good Bad Books (1945).
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- Bookseller
- Richard Beaton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RE2925
- Title
- Olga Nazimov and Other Stories (1915)
- Author
- George, W. L. [Walter Lionel George]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- Mills & Boon
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1915
- Keywords
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories;
Terms of Sale
Richard Beaton
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About the Seller
Richard Beaton
Biblio member since 2005
LEWES
About Richard Beaton
In addition to listing on bookselling websites, I issue quarterly catalogues, available free of charge on request. I offer a select stock of nineteenth and early twentieth century fiction -- novels, short story collections, literary journals, annuals etc, with a strong emphasis on lesser-known novelists.
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