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BROOKS, VAN WYCK - John Addington Symonds a Biographical Study

Title: John Addington Symonds a Biographical Study
Description: New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1914. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The spine has some overall toning, including the paper label. The text pages are clean and bright. The edges of the text block have some light toning and foxing. This copy has been signed by the author, with an inscription. "Brooks' best-known work is a series of studies entitled 2: Makers and Finders: A History of the Writer in America, 1800-1915 (1952) , which chronicled the development of American literature during the long 19th century. Brooks embroidered elaborate biographical detail into anecdotal prose. For The Flowering of New England, 1815-1865 (1936) he won the second National Book Award for Non-Fiction from the American Book Sellers Association." ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ .

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Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 33105

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