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SOMETIME NEVER
by Leighton, Clare
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in blue cloth in a very good dust jacket with some foxing (most noticeable on the flaps and the interior of the dj) an/blue cloth in a very good
- Seller
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About This Item
London:: Victor Gollancz, Ltd.,, 1939.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in blue cloth in a very good dust jacket with some foxing (most noticeable on the flaps and the interior of the dj) and a bit of chipping to the ends of the spine.. First printing. "Sometime-Never is lived on a Transatlantic liner one New Year's Eve, within the bonus hour of the westward crossing, when the clock each day is put back sixty minutes. Fearful of the hates of life today, Clare Leighton weaves into this unreckoned hour her perfect year-built up from the ordinary life about us. " IAlthough best known for her woodcuts, this has been ilustrated by the author with many lithographs, some whimsical, some very striking, some full-page, others used as chapter headings and footers and en texte. 178 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59665
- Title
- SOMETIME NEVER
- Author
- Leighton, Clare
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in blue cloth in a very good dust jacket with some foxing (most noticeable on the flaps and the interior of the dj) an
- Jacket Condition
- blue cloth in a very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz, Ltd.,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1939.
- Keywords
- transoceanic travel, lithographs, illustrator,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women Authors;
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