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Mrs Gaskell's Observation and Invention. a Study of Her Non-Biographic Works. Signed and Inscribed By John Geoffrey Sharps
by Sharps, John Geoffrey. Foreword By A. Stanton Whitfield
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0900001003
- ISBN 13
- 9780900001000
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Fontwell, Sussex: Linden Press, 1970. First Edition . Buckram. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1970 First Edition. Size Octavo, 8.75" x 5.25", 693 pages including index. Red buckram cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Portrait Photograph Frontispiece. Condition very good-near fine, corners slightly rubbed, 3 gilt letter rubbed from spine else fine, contents very clean. Signed and inscribed to the front endpaper by John Geoffrey Sharps "To Bernadette Walsh, a lover of the Brontes, From John Geoffrey Sharps, an admirer of Charlotte's biographer. In remembrance of our B. Ed. days. 30 May 1985
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- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012636
- Title
- Mrs Gaskell's Observation and Invention. a Study of Her Non-Biographic Works. Signed and Inscribed By John Geoffrey Sharps
- Author
- Sharps, John Geoffrey. Foreword By A. Stanton Whitfield
- Format/Binding
- Buckram
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0900001003
- ISBN 13
- 9780900001000
- Publisher
- Linden Press
- Place of Publication
- Fontwell, Sussex
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Lazarus Books Limited
Biblio member since 2007
Blackpool, Lancashire
About Lazarus Books Limited
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- Buckram
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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