Author: Robert Graves; Alan Hodge
Title: The Reader over Your Shoulder: A Handbook for Writers of English Prose
Description: London, Jonathan Cape, 1943. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this practical handbook for writers of English prose. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. A detailed and practical book for writers of English prose, with chapters on the peculiar qualities of the language, good English, the use and abuse of English, classical prose, Romantic prose, recent prose, the principles of clear statement, and more. Written by Captain Robert von Ranke Graves, an English poet, soldier, historical novelist and critic, and Alan Hodge, an English historian and journalist. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor bumping to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Light sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the panels. Minor chipping resulting in loss to the head of the spine with sympathetic repairs made with tape to the internal side. Internally, firmly bound. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with minor age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Good.

Keywords: Reader Shoulder Handbook Writers Shoulder Hodge Graves None


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