Maria Edgeworth: chosen letters.
by Edgeworth, Maria. F. V. Barry [intro]
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. Fine. There is no publication information - this is a reprint of the 1931 edition by Jonathan Cape, bound in black buckram, published by Houghton Mifflin. 8vo, black cloth, 468 pages, b/w frontispiece, index. The introduction by F. V. Barry is an early literary analysis of Edgeworth [1768-1849]; the selected letters cover 1791-1849. FINE / no jacket [as issued] - this book is brand new.
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- Bookseller
- Bygone Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17195
- Title
- Maria Edgeworth: chosen letters.
- Author
- Edgeworth, Maria. F. V. Barry [intro]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Keywords
- MARIA EDGEWORTH IRISH LITERATURE WOMAN WRITERS Literary Biography / Letters
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Biography / Letters; Women Writers;
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