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The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams
by Zaleski, Philip; Zaleski, Carol
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0374154090
- ISBN 13
- 9780374154097
- Seller
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About This Item
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. Hardcover. Near Fine/As New. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. Second Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. 656 pages. Black cloth with blue metallic titles to spine, very clean, tight, solid volume, pages spotless, no creases, no marks of any kind. Text block fore-edge has a couple of very pale small spots. This is the first complete rendering of the Inklings' lives and works. So who are the Inklings? For three decades C. S. Lewis (1889-1963) and J.R.Tolkein (1892-1973) and their closest associates formed a literary club known as the Inklings which met every week in Oxford rooms and pubs to discuss literature, religion, and ideas; to read aloud from works in progress; to take rambling philosophical walks n nearby woods and fields; to provide companionship and criticism--and , in the process, rewrite the cultural history of their times. 9.4 x 6.25 x 1.75 1inches. 656 pages. Notes, Bibliography, and Index. 2015, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams
- Author
- Zaleski, Philip; Zaleski, Carol
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0374154090
- ISBN 13
- 9780374154097
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2015
- Size
- 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall
- Keywords
- INKLINGS (Groups of Writers); LITERATURE AND SOCIETY; ENGLAND HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; OXFORD, ENGLAND, INTELLECTUAL LIFE;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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