ENGLISH NOVELISTS; Elizabeth Bowen / with 8 plates in colour and 19 illustrations in black & white
by Bowen, Elizabeth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Bahamas: Britain in Pictures, N.D.. Early Reprint: Britain in Pictures. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Colour & B&W illustrations. 8vo (6 1/2" x 9"), pictorial maroon paper with white lettering and triple ruled boarders over boards with depiction of little girl fishing, illustrated with 8 glossy plates in colour and 19 illustrations in black & white, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), 47, [48] pages. Elizabeth Bowen, CBE (1899 - 1973) was an Irish- British novelist and short story writer, notable for her fiction about life in wartime London. Among authors discussed, Elizabeth mentions Henry Fielding, Oliver Goldsmith, Samuel Richardson, Lawrence Sterne, Daniel Defoe, Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens, Mrs. Gaskell, Thomas Hardy George Eliot, and Arnold Bennett. Cloth tight and without annotations; very light foxing on front pastedown but not to illustrations; light uniform age-toning. Dust jacket unclipped with fraying at edges.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5564
- Title
- ENGLISH NOVELISTS; Elizabeth Bowen / with 8 plates in colour and 19 illustrations in black & white
- Author
- Bowen, Elizabeth
- Illustrator
- Colour & B&W illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Reprint: Britain in Pictures
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Britain in Pictures
- Place of Publication
- Bahamas
- Date Published
- N.D.
- Keywords
- Illustrated, paintings, drawings, art, world war two, British, Henry Fielding, Oliver Goldsmith, Samuel Richardson, Lawrence Sterne, Daniel Defoe, Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens, Mrs. Gaskell, Thomas Hardy George Eli
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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