An Appreciation of Matthew Arnold as a Poet
by KING, Wilfrid
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Quinton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Kelly & Walsh Limited, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, 1933. 1st edition. Limp green vellum, a little rubbed at the edges, gilt front lettering, yapp edges a little creased; internally very fine. Signed by the author on the fep ' To Jack and Olivia/'' two golden friends I have''/ from Wilfrid King/ Christmas 1933'. This is almost certainly Jack Beddington, an advertising executive then working for Shell in Shanghai. The book does exactly what it says in the title.
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- Bookseller
- Shellhouse Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PSHB5149
- Title
- An Appreciation of Matthew Arnold as a Poet
- Author
- KING, Wilfrid
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Kelly & Walsh Limited, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, 1933
- Keywords
- Essays
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime Thriller;
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Shellhouse Books
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Quinton, Northamptonshire
About Shellhouse Books
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Vellum
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- Fine
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...