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The Achievement of T. S. Eliot, an essay on the nature of poetry
by Matthiessen, F. O
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good, 1st reprint of revised edition, missing d/j, green boards with some water staining and fading, gilt spine titling bright;
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York & London: Oxford University Press, 1947. revised. hardback. Good, 1st reprint of revised edition, missing d/j, green boards with some water staining and fading, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages tight and crisp, unmarked. Donor's inscription on ffep and owner's plate on front pastedown.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). The revised edition in 1947 (after original published in 1935) of a respected l iterary criticism of the poetical works of Eliot, which is also a study of the art of poetry.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132107
- Title
- The Achievement of T. S. Eliot, an essay on the nature of poetry
- Author
- Matthiessen, F. O
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, 1st reprint of revised edition, missing d/j, green boards with some water staining and fading, gilt spine titling bright;
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- revised
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Pages
- 202
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- literary criticism, poetry, TSEliot, Matthiessen
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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INKLINGS & YARNSPINNERSA new online bookshop forFIRST & SIGNED EDITIONS, RARE BOOKSA particular focus on:- The Oxford Inklings with their Friends & Influences (C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Barfield, Williams, Chesterton, Macdonald, Sayers, etc)- Great 20th Century Novelists (e.g. Graham Greene & John le Carré; Anthony Powell & Evelyn Waugh; P. D. James etc)- Great 20th Century Poets (e.g. T. S. Eliot, John Masefield, Walter de la Mare, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Stevie Smith, W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Dylan Thomas, etc)- Christian Theology (e.g. from library sales)
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