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The Essential Mary Webb by Martin Armstrong (intro) - 1949

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The Essential Mary Webb

by Martin Armstrong (intro)

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UK: Jonathan Cape, 1949. The essential Mary Webb - Webb's star should have risen higher according to critical review >>> "This year’s discovery has been Mary Webb, author of Gone to Earth. She is a genius, and I shouldn’t mind wagering that she is going to be the most distinguished writer of our generation."- Rebecca West, review of Gone to Earth. Literally dozens of other respected literary figures off unstinting praise for Webb's skill as a wordsmith. Armstrong presents selections of Webb's prose & poetry (Golden Arrow, Gone to Earth, Seven for a secret, precious Bane & Armour wherein he trusted, six essays & 12 poems - a fine sampling with attractive artwork in a 30s style. Webb's Shropshire characters inspired Stella Gibbons wondeerful parody, Cold Comfort Farm. 416pp & just under 500g for post. dj has a repaired tear 1" at top left.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good/Fair. Illus. by Norman Hepple and Rowland Hilder.. 20cm.
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  • Illustrator Norman Hepple and Rowland Hilder.
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  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
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  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Jonathan Cape
  • Place of Publication UK
  • Date Published 1949
  • Keywords Webb Mary
  • Size 20cm

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Jonathan Cape. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket. (British literature, short story collection, classic literature, rural life)
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Jonathan Cape, 1949. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1949. First Edition. 415 pages. Blue dust jacket with B&W lettering over brown cloth. Illustrated by Norman Hepple & Rowland Hilder. Colour illustrations throughout. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine. Dust jacket corners cut but not price clipped. Mild wear, tear and chipping to edges and corners. Minor tanning and soiling to DJ.
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The Essential Mary Webb

The Essential Mary Webb

by Martin Armstrong [Editor]; Rowland Hilder [Illustrator]; Norman Hepple [Illustrator];

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Readers Union, 1951-01-01. hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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Jonathan Cape. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Poetry, Fiction, Literature Collections) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Cape, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The jacket is a bit marked and worn. Soundly bound.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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London: Cassell, 1949. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 415pp., col. frontis., col. & b/w pls., text ills., Extracts from five novels, six complete essays and twelve poems. Inc. some nice colour plates
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