The Doge of Dover : and other essays
1960, First Edition. London : MacGibbon & Kee. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #227576
Physical description; 183 p. ; 23 cm. Contents; Historical essays: Rosebery. The sage of Hatfield. The imperial dream. In Oliver's days. Namier Inc.--The Zeitgeist: Too sweet, too wise? Unremote and effectual Don. Diogenes in a frock-coat.--Literature: Bird-happy. The excremental vision. Seniority of mind.--Eminent Georgians: Alive and kicking. The Doge of Dover. From Eden to Armageddon. Play, orchestra, play!--Contemporaries: Salute to a friendless girl. 'Industria ditat.' A corvo of our day. Mid-century blues. Meg Eliot surprised. The unclassifiable image. Subjects; historical essays. The Zeitgeist. Literature. Eminent Georgians. Contemporaries. Genre; Collected essays.
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