Eliciting comparisons to Orwell's Homage to Catalonia , Pritchett's meditative work on Spain is comprised of a string of sketches, woven around the author's musings on the Spanish character. Having lived in Spain for four years during the 1920s, Pritchett is well placed to deliver such a report, and his resulting narrative is both well informed and delightfully written. Victor Sawdon Pritchett (1900-1997) was born over a toyshop in 1900 and, much to his everlasting distaste, was named after Queen Victoria. A writer and ...
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Eliciting comparisons to Orwell's Homage to Catalonia , Pritchett's meditative work on Spain is comprised of a string of sketches, woven around the author's musings on the Spanish character. Having lived in Spain for four years during the 1920s, Pritchett is well placed to deliver such a report, and his resulting narrative is both well informed and delightfully written. Victor Sawdon Pritchett (1900-1997) was born over a toyshop in 1900 and, much to his everlasting distaste, was named after Queen Victoria. A writer and critic, his is widely reputed to be one of the best short story writers of all time, with the rare ability to capture the extraordinary strangeness of everyday life. He died in 1997.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, With owner's name inside cover. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN:
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Fair. **STOCK PHOTOS AND CATALOG INFO MAY VARY FROM ACTUAL BOOK, PLEASE REFER TO SELLER PHOTOS AND ITEM DESCRIPTION FOR MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION. THE SELLER PHOTO SHOWS THE EXACT COPY YOU WILL RECEIVE** Paperback soft cover edition. **HEAVY WEARING**
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 217. Original publishers orange cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Front panel of jacket designed by John Minton. Very good indeed in slightly used and creased, near very good dust jacket, with chipping at spine and slight edgewear at the rear.
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Fine in Near Very Good jacket. Book (4th) Smaller book, quality black cloth, 219 pages. DJ beneath mylar, price-clipped, illustration of village scene on front and spine, white back lightly browned with praise for Pritchett's books by Edwin Muir, Raymond Mortimer and others. DJ has light wear to bottom front tip, light remnant of price tag at top front right, micronicks at spine top edge, light brown spotting on pages' top edge. Near Very Good DJ/Fine book.
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VG+ in VG- jacket. VG+/VG-. 8vo. original brown cloth gilt (inscrip. slightly rubbed & marked) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, rubbed and frayed, slightly chipped along top edge); pp. 220 (last colophon), with map + illustrations. A very good copy.
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Near fine in Very good- jacket. Octavo, 218pp. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, in the publisher's rust-colored cloth. Dust jacket about very good, with the spine ends chipped.
