9780701163303 - A Double Thread: A Childhood in Mile End - And Beyond von Gross, John (5 Ergebnisse)

1st edition. Uncorrected proof. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 189p.; 25cm. Subjects: Gross, John J. Childhood and youth. Gross, John Childhood and youth.Gross, John 1935-2011 Childhood and youth.Jews England London. Social life and customs 20th century. Jewish families Religious life England London. Memoirs.Childhood. Jews. Social life. Genre: Autobiography. 3 Kg.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. We are closed 14th-23rd July items ordered after 9:00am on the 13th July will be shipped on 25th July, shipping times have been updated. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Includes dust jacket. In good used condition. Tanning to pages and cover and dust jacket. Creasing to cover/dust jacket. Bumps to edges of dust jacket and cover. Shipped from the UK within 2 business days of order being placed.

Hardback. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. 190 pages. Full of striking characters and odd encounters, this is an evocative picture of a lost London and a vanished culture, but it is also the story of a bookish boy discovering his own path - away from Mile End into the freedoms of the literary life. John Gross was a notable British literary figure. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Pages starting to embrown, dustwrapper slightly faded at spine. With the marginal pencillings and underlinings of (Sir) Michael Holroyd in the text, and his manuscript notes on rear blanks; loosely inserted two autograph correspondence cards signed from Susanna Gross, the author's literary-editor daughter (and the book's co-dedicatee), commissioning a review for The Mail on Sunday, three sheets of Holroyd's autograph draft for it, his typed draft with autograph corrections, 5pp. 4to, his finished typed text, 3pp. 4to, and a news-cutting of the published article, 18 March 2001 - "A Double Thread is quietly written, painstaking, subtle and deeply satisfying to read. Gross, who has also written a fascinating study of Shylock and an engaging description of English literary life since Victorian times (as well as becoming editor of that most English institution the Times Literary Supplement), has shown in his career how it is possible to have the best of both cultures.".