Search Results: the fine art of reading and by david cecil

Constable, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1957. First Published. 221 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Sticker to front panel. Foxing overall.

London: Constable and Company Limited, 1957. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Firmly bound, brown cloth boards. No jacket.

Constable. 1957 Constable first edition hardback; good condition copy, clean and sound; no dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1957.

London: Constable, 1957. 1st. hardback. Near fine, 1st edition, no d/j, brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Only the slightest wear to corners, else a fine copy - square and neat with bright and crisp pages. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Lord David Cecil was an Oxford don and sometime member of the Inklings. This book of literary criticism with chapters on reading, Shakespearean Comedy, John Ford, English Fiction, Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's Scenery, Joseph Conrad, The Prose Tales of Walter de la Mare, Female Letter-writers, Hazlitt's Essays & Walter Pater

London : Constable, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: ix, 221 pages; 22 cm. Contents: The fine art of reading -- Shakespearean comedy -- The tragedies of John Ford -- The forms of English fiction -- Sense and sensibility -- A note on Jane Austen's scenery -- Joseph Conrad -- The prose tales of Walter de la Mare -- Some women letter-writers -- Hazlitt's occasional essays -- Walter Pater. Subjects: Austen, Jane 1775-1817. Sense and sensibility; Austen, Jane 1775-1817 Landscape; Geschichte 1600-1900; English literature; English literature History and criticism.

Bobbs-Merrill, 1957T. hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Well read with some wear but still very useable. With Dust Cover.