The War Years 1939-1945 (The Diaries and Letters of Harold Nicolson, Volume II)
by ( Nigel Nicolson, ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VERY GOOD+
- Seller
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Bethel, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
NY: Atheneum, 1967. Hardbound. VERY GOOD+. Book is tight, bright, clean and square with slight softening of spine ends and a single spot on to top exterior page edges. Grey cloth with gilt lettering and red end papers. Unclipped dust jacket is intact with both a price and "A Book-of-the-Month Club Selection" - light age soil and tanned edges with seriously sunned spine. 511 indexed, annotated pages with 10 black and white photos. Member of Parliament "scholar, diplomat and writer..a British gentleman who looks of quality in all things and finds his greatest courage when affairs are going badly...Scattered among the entries is a remarkable series of letters, mostly between Nicholson and his wife, Vita, known to many readers as V. Sackville-West...)
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- Seller
- Rainy Day Paperback Exchange
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 4-OH007
- Title
- The War Years 1939-1945 (The Diaries and Letters of Harold Nicolson, Volume II)
- Author
- ( Nigel Nicolson, ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD+
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Sackville-West
- Bookseller catalogs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Memoir;
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