The Heroines of George Meredith
by George Meredith
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G++/N/a
- Seller
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Lutterworth, Leicestershire
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$34.34
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton The women from Meredith's books with Bedford's delightful portraits (20) tipped in with tissue guards, 166pp. Blue covers with gilt lettering to spine and lettering and decoration to front, presumed first but ND. Upper front board has oval portrait of Diana Warwick (Diana of the Crossways). Gilt top page edges. Scuffing to extremities of covers with a few light marks and tiny nick to edge of oval portrait. Foxing, a neat gift inscription on front pastedown (dated 1923) and frontis tissue guard is torn. But a very solid copy in generally good condition. Ref:071603.. Cloth. G++/N/a. Illus. by Herbert Bedford. 21x27cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books
(GB)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- 001603
- Title
- The Heroines of George Meredith
- Author
- George Meredith
- Illustrator
- Herbert Bedford
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - G++
- Jacket condition
- N/a
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio.com member since: 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
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About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
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