Author: STRACHEY, LYTTON
Title: Eminent Victorians: Cardinal Manning, Dr. Arnold, Florence Nightingale, General Gordon (Modern Library #212. 1)
Description: New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1962]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition presenting Lytton Strachey's four short biographies of leading English citizens living in the time of Queen Victoria: Cardinal Henry Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Thomas Arnold and Gen. "Chinese" Gordon. With a brief preface by the author. --- In Toledano spine 8 / green cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / faded black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 408 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1962 (though 1918 date appears in book). ML #212.1. --- Exposure to dampness has resulted in discoloration and mild warping to front board and dampstains to jacket. Interior is tightly-bound, bright and unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket also with foxing and a few small tears, but mostly intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; xi, 342 (6, ads) pages. Good+ in Good dust jacket .

Keywords: >>Modern Library Editions >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir