London: Methuen & Co., Ltd, 1952. First edition. Hardcover, [octavo], blue cloth boards, red-framed gilt spine titles, illustrated price-clipped dust jacket, 202 pp. Very good book, cloth edges and corners worn; very good dust jacket, spine ends chipped, edges worn, corners with close tears. Jacket design by Charles Handley-Read.

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Bookseller: Better Read Than Dead (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1708
Title: The Writer and the Absolute
Author: Wyndham Lewis
Illustrator: Jacket design by Charles Handley-Read
Format/Binding: Hardcover, [octavo], blue cloth boards, red-framed gilt spine titles, illustrated price-clipped dust jacket, 202 pp
Book Condition: Used - Very good book, cloth edges and corners worn; very good dust jacket, spine ends chipped, edges worn, corners with close tears
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Methuen & Co., Ltd
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1952
Keywords: Wyndham Lewis, The Writer and The Absolute, Vorticism

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