The Uses of Error - Hardcover
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The core of this book is a group of essays on the central figures of English literature, including Tennyson, Shaw, Forster and Elliot.
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The Uses of Error
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William Collins, London, 1991
ISBN 10: 000215465X
ISBN 13: 9780002154659
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book condition: VG/Fine with a couple of small, faint smudges to top closed page edges. Jacket: VG with wrinkle to rear; tiny nick to top corner. A bright copy. Seller Inventory # 015968
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The Uses of Error
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Collins, London, 1991
ISBN 10: 000215465X
ISBN 13: 9780002154659
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Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st UK Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Blank Bookplate to Front Free End paper. 432 pages. This book is, at one level, a collection of book reviews and at another level it is a self portrait of one of the most acute and delightful intellects at work. The core of the book is a group of essays on the central figures of modern English literature. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Seller Inventory # 292290
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The Uses of Error
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Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:000215465X. Seller Inventory # 7076196
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The uses of error / Frank Kermode
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London : Collins, 1991
ISBN 10: 000215465X
ISBN 13: 9780002154659
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Hardcover
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Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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1st editor. Signed by the author, inscribed to Peter Pinter. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 432 pages ; 23 cm. Contents: Augustine -- Joachim of Fiore -- Deciphering the big book -- The Lattimore version -- Sacred space: Christian verse -- Beethoven at home -- Fighting Freud -- Freud is better in German -- Work and play -- Sic transit Marshall McLuhan -- Philippe Ariès' bumper book of death -- Paul de Man's abyss -- Talking about doing: the deconstructionists and the new historicists -- Frances Yates and imperial secrets -- Roy Strong: policy and pageantry -- Protestant poetry -- How do you spell Shakespeare? -- Shakespeare for the eighties -- Grandeur and filth: the Victorian cities -- Tennyson's nerves -- Victorian vocations: Frederic Harrison and Leslie Stephen -- Squalor: on George Gissing -- A little of this honey: Oscar Wilde -- Georgian eyes are smiling: Shaw and Conrad in their letters -- Wells's ladder -- Forster and Maurice -- Yes, Santa, there is a Virginia -- The Feast of St Thomas -- Poetry à la mode -- On William Gerhardie -- The essential Orwell -- Half-way up the hill: the young John Betjeman -- Connolly's world -- Oldham to Blackheath: Roy Fuller -- Remembering the movement -- Obsessed with obsession: Julian Barnes -- Losers: Anita Brookner -- The horse of the Baskervilles: Umberto Eco -- The faces of Man -- The men from Man -- My formation -- A stroll around the block -- On being an enemy of humanity -- The uses of error. Subjects: Literature History and criticism. English essays 20th century Collections. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 443140
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The uses of error / Frank Kermode
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London : Collins, 1991
ISBN 10: 000215465X
ISBN 13: 9780002154659
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Hardcover
Signed
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
1st editor. Signed by the author, inscribed to Peter Pinter. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 432 pages ; 23 cm. Contents: Augustine -- Joachim of Fiore -- Deciphering the big book -- The Lattimore version -- Sacred space: Christian verse -- Beethoven at home -- Fighting Freud -- Freud is better in German -- Work and play -- Sic transit Marshall McLuhan -- Philippe Ariès' bumper book of death -- Paul de Man's abyss -- Talking about doing: the deconstructionists and the new historicists -- Frances Yates and imperial secrets -- Roy Strong: policy and pageantry -- Protestant poetry -- How do you spell Shakespeare? -- Shakespeare for the eighties -- Grandeur and filth: the Victorian cities -- Tennyson's nerves -- Victorian vocations: Frederic Harrison and Leslie Stephen -- Squalor: on George Gissing -- A little of this honey: Oscar Wilde -- Georgian eyes are smiling: Shaw and Conrad in their letters -- Wells's ladder -- Forster and Maurice -- Yes, Santa, there is a Virginia -- The Feast of St Thomas -- Poetry à la mode -- On William Gerhardie -- The essential Orwell -- Half-way up the hill: the young John Betjeman -- Connolly's world -- Oldham to Blackheath: Roy Fuller -- Remembering the movement -- Obsessed with obsession: Julian Barnes -- Losers: Anita Brookner -- The horse of the Baskervilles: Umberto Eco -- The faces of Man -- The men from Man -- My formation -- A stroll around the block -- On being an enemy of humanity -- The uses of error. Subjects: Literature History and criticism. English essays 20th century Collections. 3 Kg. Seller Inventory # 443140
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