Author: BARBER, MICHAEL
Title: Anthony Powell: A Life
Description: London / Woodstock, New York: Duckworth Overlook, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1585676187. A first edition of Michael Barber's unauthorized biography of English novelist Anthony Powell (1905-2000). Mr. Powell is best known for his landmark, 12-part novel "A Dance to the Music of Time." He also wrote several other novels and an important biography of John Aubrey. With a section of plates bearing b&w photos of Powell, his family & friends and a few drawings. This work jointly published in both the UK and the US. --- In textured black paper-covered boards with spine titling in silver. Jacket features photographic portrait of Powell and one of his cats to front panel. --- A bright, newish, tightly-bound copy. Unclipped jacket (£20/$21.95) lacks damages worthy of mention; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. ; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xiv, 338 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

Keywords: 1585676187 >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir >>Writers, Writing & Literary Criticism