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The man behind the book : essays in understanding [Lights in poetry -- Problematic natures in English literature -- Four noteworthy modern novels.]
de Van Dyke, Henry Jackson, 1852-1933. ; Decorated cloth binding by Armstrong, Margaret, 1867-1944, and "E.L.F
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New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929, 1929. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. xi, 357 pages, [8] leaves of plates : portraits ; 20 cm LCCN: 29-21279 ; LC: PR99; Dewey: 809 ; OCLC: 596932 ; ; decorated blue cloth ; no dustjacket ; Contents : Lights in poetry -- Problematic natures in English literature -- Four noteworthy modern novels. ; Binding is similar to those designed by Margaret Armstrong, but it is signed E.L.F ; Dark blue (C183) calico grain cloth; gold, purple, and aqua grape vines, clusters, and tulips, gold lettering, signed "ELF."; motif repeated on spine in gold; partially untrimmed. ; Van Dyke was a professor of English literature at Princeton between 1899 and 1923. In 1908-09 he was an American lecturer at the University of Paris. By appointment of President Wilson, a friend and former classmate of van Dyke, he became Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg. ;"The thirteen essays contain penetrating and well-seasoned studies of the work and personalities of literary figures from Chaucer to Thornton Wilder" ; authors include Thomas Hardy Thornton Wilder, Willa Cather, William Godwin, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Edgar Lee Masters, Poe, Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Carlyle, Byron, George Meredith and Walt Whitman ; foxing ; VG.
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- Joseph Valles - Books
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- Título
- The man behind the book : essays in understanding [Lights in poetry -- Problematic natures in English literature -- Four noteworthy modern novels.]
- Autor
- Van Dyke, Henry Jackson, 1852-1933. ; Decorated cloth binding by Armstrong, Margaret, 1867-1944, and "E.L.F
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- Tapa dura
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- Usado - Muy bueno
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- No Jacket
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- New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929
- Fecha de publicación
- 1929
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- Abbey adventure American beauty Bridge of San Byron called Carlyle charm Chaucer child Childe Harold's Pilgrimage comet Craigenputtock criticism dark lantern daugh death diction dream dyspepsia England English essays eyes father feel friends genius GE
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