ENGLISH LITERATURE AND SOCIETY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: FORD LECTURES, 1903
by Stephen, Leslie
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Salisbury, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Duckworth and Co, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, publisher's polished, tan linen, gilt titles spine, beveled edges, 224p, Duckworth device blind-stamped rear cover. Some light fosxing largely at prelims and rears. Handsome book. Stephen, noted for his literary criticism and mountaineering, perhaps more famous as the father of Virginia Woolf and Gertrude Bell.
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- Bookseller
- Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012248
- Title
- ENGLISH LITERATURE AND SOCIETY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: FORD LECTURES, 1903
- Author
- Stephen, Leslie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Duckworth and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
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Salisbury, Connecticut
About Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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