A Nineteenth-Century Childhood

Mary MacCarthy [James Tait Black]

Published by London William Heinemann 1924, 1924

About this Item

A novel by the Bloomsbury group novelist, Mary MacCarthy, owned by the widow of the publisher James Tait Black and with a letter from the author laid in. The new impression of November 1924 is in bright red cloth, very good, spine a little sunned, spotting to edges and preliminaries. On the front pastedown the bookplate of 'JTB, Underscar, Keswick' - James Tait Black, a partner in the publishers A&C Black who had died a few years earlier. In the letter, presumably to Black's widow who set up the literary prize in her late husband's name, MacCarthy addresses "Dear Madam", discusses her own first novel A Pier and a Band and offers to help to obtain a copy. An attractive volume with interesting associations. An attractive volume with interesting associations. Very Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item. Seller Inventory # 5146

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Nineteenth-Century Childhood

Publisher: London William Heinemann 1924

Publication Date: 1924

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition