Author: BROOKS, VAN WYCK
Title: Opinions of Oliver Allston
Description: New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1941. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed, with a short inscription on the front endpaper, by the author. The price clipped dust jacket has some light edge wear, rubbing and one small tear to the spine by the author's name. "In 1941 Van Wyck Brooks leveled a more comprehensive indictment of literary modernism in a curious book called the Opinions of Oliver Allston. Having long since dropped out of the literary vanguard, V. W. Brooks was deep into his curmudgeon phase. Under the guise of presenting the views of his late friend Oliver Allston (actually a fictional persona for himself) , the author waxed nostalgic for the nineteenth century and before." ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Literary Criticism Van Wyck Brooks Signed Editions Modern Literature Modernism Authors Literary Criticism
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Title: Opinions of Oliver Allston
Description: New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1941. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed, with a short inscription on the front endpaper, by the author. The price clipped dust jacket has some light edge wear, rubbing and one small tear to the spine by the author's name. "In 1941 Van Wyck Brooks leveled a more comprehensive indictment of literary modernism in a curious book called the Opinions of Oliver Allston. Having long since dropped out of the literary vanguard, V. W. Brooks was deep into his curmudgeon phase. Under the guise of presenting the views of his late friend Oliver Allston (actually a fictional persona for himself) , the author waxed nostalgic for the nineteenth century and before." ; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Literary Criticism Van Wyck Brooks Signed Editions Modern Literature Modernism Authors Literary Criticism
Price: US$ 35.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 34520
- Book number: 34520
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