The Olive Tree.
by HUXLEY, Aldous
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tamworth, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Synopsis
The Olive Tree and other essays by Aldous Huxley was published in 1936. It's contents include: T.H. Huxley as a Literary Man, Modern Fetishism, Literature and Examinations, English Snobbery, Time and the Machine, New-Fashioned Christmas, Historical Generalizations, Crébillon the Younger, Justifications, D.H. Lawrence, B.R. Haydon, Waterworks and Kings, In a Tunisian Oasis & The Olive Tree.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13896
- Title
- The Olive Tree.
- Author
- HUXLEY, Aldous
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1937. First American edition.
- Keywords
- LITA-L
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aldous Huxley;
Terms of Sale
Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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About the Seller
Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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