THE LETTERS OF LYTTON STRACHEY
by STRACHEY, Lytton: LEVY, Paul [ed]
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2005. Thick octavo, cream cloth. First American edition. 698 pp. Edited by Paul Levy, assisted by Penelope Marcus. Levy, one of the co-executors of Strachey's literary estate, presents the fascinating correspondence of [Giles] Lytton Strachey, one of the most influential and persistent members in the foundation of the Bloomsbury Group. A very fine copy with the bookplate of noted Bloomsbury collector William Beekman affixed to front pastedown.
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- Second Wind Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 602
- Title
- THE LETTERS OF LYTTON STRACHEY
- Author
- STRACHEY, Lytton: LEVY, Paul [ed]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
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