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Charles Williams : An Exploration of his Life and Work. By Alice Mary Hadfield. OXFORD : 1983. HARDBACK in JACKET.
by HADFIELD, Alice Mary
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0195033116
- ISBN 13
- 9780195033113
- Seller
-
Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 1983. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Large Octavo. Frontispiece Portrait. FIRST EDITION. OXFORD & NEW YORK : 1983. Hardback. Frontispiece - portrait of Williams, and 7pp full-page illus. Original back cloth spine; gilt lettered. Orange boards. In orange pictorial dust-jacket (not price-clipped). Bright, tight and clean. Neat owner name; no internal markings. Minor use only. NEAR FINE in like jacket; now in a protective sleeve. (xiii), 268 pages. A useful and scarce work. Lg.8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].
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- Bookseller
- Rosley Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 052547
- Title
- Charles Williams : An Exploration of his Life and Work. By Alice Mary Hadfield. OXFORD : 1983. HARDBACK in JACKET.
- Author
- HADFIELD, Alice Mary
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece Portrait
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0195033116
- ISBN 13
- 9780195033113
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford & New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- Large Octavo
- Keywords
- Inklings, First Editions
Terms of Sale
Rosley Books
PAYMENT AT POINT OF ORDERING. RETURN (AND FULL REFUND) OF BOOKS BY FAULT OF DESCRIPTION IF NOTIFIED WITHIN 10 DAYS OF RECEIPT AND BY FAULT OF DESCRIPTION.
About the Seller
Rosley Books
Biblio member since 2005
Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria
About Rosley Books
SPECIALIST IN SECOND-HAND AND ANTIQUARIAN LITERATURE & THEOLOGY. Mail Order. SPECIALIST ALSO IN C.S. LEWIS AND THE INKLINGS and others
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