Portraits in Miniature and Other Essays, Lytton Strachey — 1st Edition

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Portraits in Miniature and Other Essays, Lytton Strachey — 1st Edition

Name: Portraits in Miniature and Other Essays, Lytton Strachey — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 5583
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Publication: London, Chatto & Windus, 1931

Formatting: 8vo, pp. [viii], 218, [2].

Condition Report: Very Good. The book maintains its structural integrity and has no major flaws. The original green cloth boards remain tight and sound, showing only moderate signs of careful use, handling, and storage. There is a faint dark spot to the spine and minor bumping to the spine ends, though the gilt lettering remains unoxidised and bright. Internally, the pages are clean and complete, with light foxing primarily confined to the untrimmed fore-edge and top edge. Overall, it stands as a well-preserved copy devoid of significant defects.

Catalogue Note: This is the first trade edition, issued simultaneously with a signed limited edition of 260 copies that featured a differing half-buckram binding. The volume is unillustrated and features a printed dedication to Max Beerbohm. It is entirely free from previous ownership signatures or bookplates, presenting a clean internal state.

As a popular release from a prominent Bloomsbury Group figure, this first edition remains common and readily accessible on the open market.

A charming and erudite collection of biographical essays by Bloomsbury Group founding member Lytton Strachey. Portraits in Miniature turns its attention away from the titans of history to focus on lesser-known, often eccentric figures and literary personalities from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. With his trademark psychological insight and urbane wit, Strachey delivers a masterclass in the short biographical form.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Lytton Strachey

Book Publisher: Chatto & Windus

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: Autobiography, Biography & Memoirs

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 218

Book Publication Year: 1931

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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