Author: Tom H. Harrisson
Title: Letter to Oxford
Description: Gloucestershire, Reynold Bray the Hate Press, [1933]. First edition. Magazine. The first edition of this account of the University of Oxford by Tom Harrisson, including a signed letter by the author loosely inserted. An undated copy, dated from Jisc 1933, first and only edition of this work. An account of life in Oxford and at Oxford University, concerned with the students who spend three or four years at Oxford to get a degree. A personal and often humorous account by Harrisson, who shares observations and impressions of Oxford as a whole in a series of essays. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author in black and white. A letter handwritten and signed by the author is loosely inserted, inked on a Travellers Club of Pall Mall sheet. Addressed to a 'dear Paul', he invites his friend to meet before returning to Asia. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally rather worn, the front and rear wrap detached from the spine and loose, chipped to the extremities, with some loss to the rear wrap and spine. A touch of sunning to the spine. A letter handwritten and signed by the author is loosely inserted, inked on a Travellers Club of Pall Mall sheet. Addressed to a 'dear Paul', he invites his friend to meet before returning to Asia. Loosely inserted are also an announcement plate of a memorial meeting tribute to Tom Harrisson and a copy in facsimile of a letter from the University of Sussex to Harrison. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author in black and white. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .
Keywords: first editions tom harrisson oxford tom harrisson Not Stated
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Title: Letter to Oxford
Description: Gloucestershire, Reynold Bray the Hate Press, [1933]. First edition. Magazine. The first edition of this account of the University of Oxford by Tom Harrisson, including a signed letter by the author loosely inserted. An undated copy, dated from Jisc 1933, first and only edition of this work. An account of life in Oxford and at Oxford University, concerned with the students who spend three or four years at Oxford to get a degree. A personal and often humorous account by Harrisson, who shares observations and impressions of Oxford as a whole in a series of essays. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author in black and white. A letter handwritten and signed by the author is loosely inserted, inked on a Travellers Club of Pall Mall sheet. Addressed to a 'dear Paul', he invites his friend to meet before returning to Asia. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally rather worn, the front and rear wrap detached from the spine and loose, chipped to the extremities, with some loss to the rear wrap and spine. A touch of sunning to the spine. A letter handwritten and signed by the author is loosely inserted, inked on a Travellers Club of Pall Mall sheet. Addressed to a 'dear Paul', he invites his friend to meet before returning to Asia. Loosely inserted are also an announcement plate of a memorial meeting tribute to Tom Harrisson and a copy in facsimile of a letter from the University of Sussex to Harrison. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author in black and white. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .
Keywords: first editions tom harrisson oxford tom harrisson Not Stated
Price: GBP 45.00 = appr. US$ 64.26 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 803A26
- Book number: 803A26
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