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First edition hardcover in very good condition. Unclipped dust jacket in good condition. From the private collection of Dame Carmen Callil, publisher, writer, critic and founder of Virago Press, to whom this is signed and dedicated by both editors. Jacket is sunned and scuffed, with creases to the rear inner flap. Edges are creased and nicked, including small tears and chips. Board edges, corners and spine ends are bumped. Page block is lightly blemished. Binding is sound and pages are otherwise clear. LW
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William Alexander Gerhardie was born in St Petersburg, Russia, in 1895. As a young man he went to London and, when the First World War broke out, joined the army. He was first sent to Russia and later travelled the world before beginning to write. Futility (1922), his first novel, was sponsored by Katherine Mansfield, and other notable works of his include The Polyglots (1925) and Of Mortal Love (1936). Gerhardie's writing was acclaimed as an influence on many of his peers, including Anthony Powell, H. G. Wells, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene and Olivia Manning. He died in London in 1977.
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God's fifth column : a biography of the age, 1890-1940 / William Gerhardie ; edited and with an introduction by Michael Holroyd & Robert Skidelsky
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. VINTAGESTAN BOOKS Title: Gods Fifth Column by William Gerhardie Summary: God's Fifth Column is the last book of William Gerhardie. Well known in the 1920s and 1930s chiefly as a novelist (whose books were admired by Arnold Bennett, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh and others), Gerhardie fell mysteriously silent at the beginning of the Second World War and did not publish another book during the remaining thirty-seven years of his life. After his death the manuscript of this ambitious and unusual book was discovered among his papers and was skilfully edited for publication by Michael Holroyd and Robert Skidedlsky. The novel itself is a biography of the age, 1890-1940, through which Gerhardie lived. For Gerhardie, it was the artists rather than orthodox historians, the men of imagination rather than of will, who were the true spokesmen for mankind; and it is through the artist's vision and the writer's use of language that he tries to bring the age into moral perspective. God's Fifth Column is one of the most remarkable works of this gifted writer. Author: William Gerhardie Edited by: Michael Holroyd and Robert Skidelsky Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton. London Year Published: 1981 Edition: Original Dimensions: 23.5cm x 15.5cm Binding type: Hardcover ISBN: 0340263407 Notes: SKU: VSS / 255 / G / 6619 / 4980 Condition Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Rubbing, handling marks, marks Book condition: Very good. Handling marks, marks Binding: Intact Pages: 360 pages. Seller Inventory # 004980
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