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Doting
by Henry Green (Henry Vincent Yorke)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Hogarth Press, 1952. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 5.25 x 7.75 inches (13 x 19 cm). Dust jacket: Original jacket by Lynton Lamb. Wear and slight loss to ends of spine and corners, with old tape repairs to reverse. Slight darkening to spine. Slight browning and a little light foxing to flaps. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Minus. Book: First printing. Blue green buckram binding. Browning to page edges, foxing to endpapers, half title page and last page of text. Occasional spots of light foxing and a few small marks to text. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 5.25 x 7.75 inches (13 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 252
Synopsis
Henry Green was the pen name of Henry Vincent Yorke. He was born in 1905 at the family home of his parents, near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, England, and was educated at Eton and Oxford. He worked at the family engineering firm for most of his life and pursued a parallel career as a novelist. He married in 1929 and had one son. During WWII he served for the duration in the London Fire Brigade. He died in December 1973.
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- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1224E020
- Title
- Doting
- Author
- Henry Green (Henry Vincent Yorke)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Hogarth Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 5.25 x 7.75 inches (13 x 19 cm)
- Keywords
- Bright Young Things, Bright Young People, Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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