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Oxford Poetry 1917 - 1919 (Humbert Wolfe's Copy)
by Various Including - Vera Brittain; A. Huxley; Dorothy L. Sayers; Robert Graves, Etc,
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, Broad Street,. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1920. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth spine with grey paper covered boards. Spine title in white. Title and dates in deep clear white to the front board. Some marks/discolouration to the paper covers but generally clean and tight, but bottom front and rear corners bumped. Remaining corners good. Page fore-edges lightly dusty/toned with age and untrimmed as issued. A few pages roughly opened as often in the case of these books with untrimmed, often uncut, page edges, THIS COPY BELONGED TO HUMBERT WOLFE (Italian-born British Poet) and his name and date (28/ x /1920) is written by him in ink on the top of the front free endpaper. NO other inscriptions or marks. Internally generally VERY clean, tight and bright. (ix) + (3) + 180pp. This 'omnibus' volume covers the Oxford Poetry books issued between 1917 to 1919. Other notable budding authors/writers like Dorothy L. Sayers, Aldous Huxley, Vera Brittain, Robert Graves and L. A. G. Strong, etc, also appear in this volume. Quite Scarce and with Humbert Wolfe's signature. See Images. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 120079
- Title
- Oxford Poetry 1917 - 1919 (Humbert Wolfe's Copy)
- Author
- Various Including - Vera Brittain; A. Huxley; Dorothy L. Sayers; Robert Graves, Etc,
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Basil Blackwell, Broad Street,
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- Oxford Poetry 1917 - 1919. Published By Basil Blackwell, Broad Street, , Oxford., This 'omnibus' Volume Covers The Separate Oxford Poetry Books 1917 To 1919., Other Notable Budding Authors/writers Like Dorothy L. Sayers, Aldous , Huxley, W. R. Chi
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry/War Poetry; Eng Lit, Lit Crit & Shakespeare;
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Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Retired Member of the P.B.F.A, and the WBA. In business for 42+ years to date, mainly working from home nowadays, and formerly exhibiting at Major London Book Fairs, and some Provincial ones within reach of the M4! View by Appointment ONLY Please, as I may be unavailable on the day you call. Happy to see customers but they have to be able to squeeze through the book aisles/piles! Unfortunately no wheelchair access. Currently only working part-time.
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