Autobiography, Literary Cricism, Literary Studies
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Blue cover is near pristine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and in very good condition. ; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 215 pages. Seller Inventory # 1197
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped (£2.50 price intact). Published by Sussex at the University Press, 1971. Octavo. Book is very good with spotting to page ends. Dust jacket is very good. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York. Seller Inventory # 174423
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 215 pp. ; 25 cm. ; ISBN:0856210005 ; green cloth in colored dustjacket ; "This sequel.presents his discovery of America. David Daiches gave up a research fellowship at Baillol College, Oxford, in September 1937 to accept an invitation to teach at the University of Chicago. he spent in al some fourteen years in the United States, first in Chicago, then with British Information Services, New York, then as Second Secretary at the British Embassy in Washington, and a last five years as Professor of English at Cornell, before returning to Britain to teach at Cambridge. The book gives a vivid account of the America of Roosevelt's third term as seen from the MIddle West.of life in Washington when that city was the centre of the war-time alliance against Hitler, and of the American cultural scene in the late 1940's. All this is presented through the highly personal story of adventures and misadventures in many different regions of the United States.and it includes some strangely comic episodes, some of which first appeared in The New Yorker." Contents: Images of America -- Personalities and politics -- Sympathies -- Farewell to reverie -- Journeyings -- Interlude for explanation -- Moments of unreality -- I represent my country -- Life and letters -- Home -- Culture and crisis -- Renewal -- Cornell -- Educating the children -- Entry and departure. ; FINE/FINE. Book. Seller Inventory # 005861
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HARDBACK IN JACKET 1971. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Jacket is not torn. Front flap is not price-clipped: £2.50 net. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner, securely boxed in cardboard. ref 872.3. A Third World: Further chapters of autobiography by David Daiches. Seller Inventory # 043258
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