Letters of Arnold the Younge Ed.Bertram Tapa dura - 1980

Auckland University Press Oxford University Press, 1980. First edition. A heavy book of 276pp. The dustjacket is rubbed to the edges, and has a repaied tear to the back. B + w illustrations, endpaper family tree and map. Internally very clean. The letters of Thomas Arnold, the brother of Matthew Arnold and father of Mrs Humphry Ward to moved to Van Diemen's Land - Tasmania - in 1850, where he converted to Roman Catholicism. He afterwards taught in Dublin, Birmingham and Oxford, where after a period of religious doubts he returned to the Roman Cathoc Church.. He was a friend of Newman, Clough and Acton and a vigorous writer and critic.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Auckland University Press, 1980. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with sunning to the spine, a little scuffing to both panels. The pages are somewhat tanned, if tight, and a little musty. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (green boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9¾” x 6¼” (1 kg); (xxxvi) 276pp; Index; Bibliography; Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Genealogical Tables to the front blanks and pastedown; Map to the rear blank; ISBN: 0196479800 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #177607|| Condition:

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.