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Literature and Western Man
by PRIESTLEY, J. B
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York USA: Harper & Brothers,, 1960. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Hardcover BCE Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust jacket. Archival protective cover. Clean, tight & solid book, unmarked except for former owner name stamp on endpaper and half title page. Black boards with author initials in gilt on front, blue panel and design on spine, gilt titled. Faintly sunned upper edge. Rough cut. There is a mark on the upper edge that looks like a damp stain mark but there is no water damage and no marks or wrinkling on any pages. Jacket is clean and bright;, edgeworn. Archival cover provides a protected, nice appearance. It is J.B.Priestley's belief explained here that Western man, in the past 500 years, has achieved in his literature the clearest and most complete expression of his nature, his needs, his ideas, his ideals, his fears and his love. And so he examines and explores this literature to help the reader gain a view of Western man and his condition which will help us understand ourselves better; to realize who we are and how we arrived here. 512 pages with brief biographies and index. 6.5 x 1.75 x 9.75 inches. 1960, Harper & Brothers, New York, New York, USA
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- Seller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 004764
- Title
- Literature and Western Man
- Author
- PRIESTLEY, J. B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers,
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York USA
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERARY CRITICISM LITERATURE WESTERN CIVILIZATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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