Author: STRACHEY, LYTTON
Title: Eminent Victorians: Cardinal Manning, Dr. Arnold, Florence Nightingale, General Gordon (Modern Library #212. 1)
Description: New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1962]. Hardcover. Ex-Library. A Modern Library reprint edition presenting Lytton Strachey's four short biographies of leading English citizens living in the time of Queen Victoria: Cardinal Henry Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Thomas Arnold and Gen. Charles George "Chinese" Gordon. With a brief preface by the author. --- In Toledano spine 8 / green cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / faded topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 393 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1960 (though 1918 date appears in book). ML #212.1. --- Evidence of former ownership by a lending library includes rear pocket, stickers, rubberstampings, mylar-covered dust jacket permanently taped to covers and spine serial number, otherwise a sound, intact copy. Also with slightly loosened rear hinge and a few insignificant markings to text. Price-clipped dust jacket is intact.; Ex-Library; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; xi, 342, [6, ads] pages. Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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