Essays on Literature and Ideas.: JOHN WAIN. (John Betjeman and George Orwell interest). Essays on Literature and Ideas.: JOHN WAIN. (John Betjeman and George Orwell interest). Essays on Literature and Ideas.: JOHN WAIN. (John Betjeman and George Orwell interest). Essays on Literature and Ideas.: JOHN WAIN. (John Betjeman and George Orwell interest).

Essays on Literature and Ideas.

JOHN WAIN. (John Betjeman and George Orwell interest).

Published by Macmillan, London, 1963
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First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 270pp. Blue cloth lettered and ruled in gold at the spine. A trace of bruising to the cloth at the backstrip ends, else a virtually fine copy in slightly edgeworn non-price-clipped dust wrapper. Publisher's review slip laid-in. Includes a short piece on John Betjeman, plus essays on T.S.Eliot, Edmund Wilson, R.P.Blackmur, Cyril Connolly, S.J.Perelman, Samuel Johnson and two on George Orwell. Seller Inventory # GAM136

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Title: Essays on Literature and Ideas.
Publisher: Macmillan, London
Publication Date: 1963
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition

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