From Frogtown Books, Inc. ABAA, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
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Memories and Criticisms of Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Thomas Hardy, H. G. Wells, Stephen Crane, D. H. Lawrence, John Galsworthy, Ivan Turgenev, W. H. Hudson, Theodore Dreiser, Algernon Charles Swinburne. Frontispiece photo-portrait of W. H. Hudson. Also, photo-portraits of Stephen Crane, Joseph Conrad, D. H. Lawrence, Thomas Hardy, John Galsworthy, Ivan Turgenev and Theodore Dreiser. Eleven titans of literature are described and appraised in this distinguished and original book by one who knew them all. This is the way biographies should be - pungent, intimate, slightly satirical, and completely illuminating. To read this book is to know these men better than they knew themselves. Only a touch (barely a trace) of darkening along the top and bottom edges of cover. Overall a tight, clean, unrubbed lovely copy. Fine. Jacket chipped along top and bottom of spine and along edges. 1/2" deep chip at top edge of back panel. Overall sturdy and serviceable. Price of $3.00 on front flap. Protected with mylar dust jacket. Large 8vo. 9-9/16" x 6-1/2". Cornflower blue cloth covered boards stamped in silver. 227 pp. Seller Inventory # 1397
Bibliographic Details
Title: Portraits from Life
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York
Publication Date: 1937
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: First Edition.
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