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CAVES OF ICE
by Lees-Milne, James
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
London: London: Chatto & Windus/The Hogarth Press, (1983), 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of the third volume of James Lees-Milne's provocative and highly-acclaimed diaries spanning the years 1946-1947. A fine copy in green cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 254 pp. A veritable who's who of British aristocracy, their country homes acquired by James Lees-Milne during his tenure at the National Trust, sterling observations of Britain just after the Second World War and of close friends John Betjeman, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Henry Green, Anthony Powell, Vita Sackville-West, Harold Nicolson et al.
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- Bookseller
- TBCL The Book Collection Library
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30750
- Title
- CAVES OF ICE
- Author
- Lees-Milne, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- London: Chatto & Windus/The Hogarth Press, (1983)
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- FIRST EDITION MEMOIRS DIARIES VITA SACKVILLE - WEST HAROLD NICOLSON .
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- Cloth
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