The Creative Experiment.
by C.M. Bowra
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY Grove Press: Evergreen, 1958. Paperback First Edition Thus (1958), unstated in accordance with Grove Press's customary practice at the time of publication. First published in hardcover in 1948. First Edition Thus (1958), unstated in accordance with Grove Press's customary practice at the time of publication. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: light wear to the extremities; mild rubbing to the wrapper covers;a faint stress crease at the outside edge of the front panel; a former owner's personalized bookplate at the inside of the front cover; prices have been neatly blocked out at both the front and rear panels; the binding, which is sewn, remains square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor flaws. Not far from 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5.5 x 0.65 inches). 255 pages. Language: English. Weight: 10 ounces. E-80. Trade Paperback. Sir Cecil Maurice Bowra (1898 1971) was an English classical scholar, literary critic and academic, known for his wit. He was Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, from 1938 to 1970, and served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1951 to 1954.
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 55006
- Title
- The Creative Experiment.
- Author
- C.M. Bowra
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus (1958), unstated in accordance with Grove Pre
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grove Press: Evergreen,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1958.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Prose & Criticism; Belles Lettres; Literary Criticism and Theory;
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