Jane Austen: A Life
by Tomalin, Claire
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679446281
- ISBN 13
- 9780679446286
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Book, 1997. First American edition. Smudge (1/2 inch - possibly finger print) on rear, 3 pinpoint brown dots on fore edge, else very good plus. DJ lightly wrinkled on ends of spine and ends of flap folds, else near fine. Pages clean and binding firm.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Claire Tomalin is the author of several prize-winning biographies--of Mary Wollstonecraft; Katherine Mansfield; Dickens's secret mistress, Nelly Ternan; and Dora Jordan, the actress who for twenty years was companion to the future William IV. Educated at Cambridge University, she served as literary editor of the New Statesman and The Sunday Times . Claire Tomalin lives in London and is married to the playwright Michael Frayn.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lindenlea Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006381
- Title
- Jane Austen: A Life
- Author
- Tomalin, Claire
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679446281
- ISBN 13
- 9780679446286
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Book
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Claire Tomalin
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
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Lindenlea Books
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Ottawa, Ontario
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