Author: H J C Grierson
Title: The Background of English Literature
Description: London, Chatto and Windus, 1925. First edition. Cloth. H J C Grierson's collection of essays on the background of English literature in the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. In the scarce dust wrapper, unclipped. Containing essays discussing the background of English literature, concerned with Don Quixote and its character and influence; Lord Byron; the metaphysical poets; English society, &c. By H J C Grierson, Scottish literary scholar, editor, and literary critic. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor faint damp markings to boards. Dust wrapper with light chipping to head and tail of spine, darkening to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to fore edge, affecting occasional leaf, otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.

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