Ships and Sealing-wax
Author(s):
Birmingham, George E
; [aka Hannay, James Owen]
![Ships and Sealing-wax by Birmingham, George E; [aka Hannay, James Owen] — front cover](/images/products/030095_1_ba_mid.webp)
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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| Size: | 5 - 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall |
| Volume Condition: | Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher Name: | Methuen Publishing |
| Publication Year: | 1927 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| SKU: | 030095 |
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| Categories: | Culture and Society |
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Catalogue(s):
Culture and Society
viii, 194pp, 8pp publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Red publisher's cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine. Top edge sprayed red. 12mo. Cloth is a little worn, gently rubbed and rounded at corners and ends of a lightly sunned spine. Internally a hint of page ageing, one strained gutter and a previous owner's name pencilled on the front free endpaper, else neat, clean and tight.
Birmingham (aka James Owen Hanney) was a prolific Irish novelist, but Ships and Sealing-wax is a collection of his essays on topics such as Fashions in Words; Preaching; Conferences; Ridicule and Risk.
Keywords:
Essays
Prose
