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Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Price clipped to D/J. Introduction by Malcolm Elwin. The purpose of the volume is to combine an outline of Landor's life with parts from his best writings. The two elements in the book, the biography and the anthology, are closely complementary and should be read together. Landor lived from 1775 until 1864 and thus through a very tumultuous ninety years of European history. Malcolm Elwin says that 'Landor is indeed comparable with Shakespeare in his fertility, variety and excellence', and that this selection 'can hardly be faulted: it presents a splendid anthology of Landor's work against the background of his life and mind's development.' 392 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books Reference books and Modern First Editions etc.).