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Swift; The Man, His Works, and the Age; Volume One; Mr Swift and his Contemporaries
by Ehrenpreis, Irvin (Biography of Jonathan Swift.)
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- Hardcover
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1962. (Hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. Light blue cloth with gilt and red lettering and decoration on the spine. Top edge stained red, notes, appendices, references. The spine is a bit cocked, the covers are speckled and soiled and the dust jacket has two closed tears to the back panel. "There has been no full length biography of Swift based on primary sources, since Sir Henry Craik's life, in 1882. In this first volume of three the author treats in detail the events of Swift's life, the historical and social setting of those events, the evolution of Swift's character, and the composition and interpretation of his works". Biography of Jonathan Swift. Time Period 18th Century. Vol. 1 Swift; the man, his works, and the age. Locale: Ireland. (Biography, Novelists, Satire).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 154723
- Title
- Swift; The Man, His Works, and the Age; Volume One; Mr Swift and his Contemporaries
- Author
- Ehrenpreis, Irvin (Biography of Jonathan Swift.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Keywords
- Biography, Novelists, Satire
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Glossary
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...