Enid Starkie by Joanna Richardson - 1973

London England: John Murray, 1973. Hardback. Ex-library with ex-library markings. FEP missing.Slight foxing to end inside covers and edge. Very slight shelf wear to edges to D/J. Price clipped to D/J. Here is Oxfford in the First World War, when she first came up to Somerville; here is the changing climate of Oxford for nearly half a century. This is a chapter of Oxford history; it is also a likeness of a remarkable and unpredictable woman whose complex and conflicting characteristics remained largely unknown until her papers, which she carefully kept, were made available.The author has achieved a particularly difficult task with great skill and understanding. Contents: Introduction. A Lady's Child 1897-1916. Scholar of Somerville 1916-1920. Sorbonne Student 1921-1924. Assistant Lecturer, Exeter 1925-1928. Sarah Smithon Lecturer, Somerville 1928-1934. Fellow and Tutor 1934-1946. University Reader 1946-1965. Reader Emeritus 1965-1970. Notes. Index. Illustrated. 306 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.