Letters of Arnold Bennett, Volumes 1-3 (of 4)
London: Oxford University Press, 1966. Octavo. Item #011592
Review copy of volume II with slip laid in. In 3 volumes, 427, 387, and 368pp. vol.1) Letters to J.B. Pinker, vol. 2) 1889-1915, and vol. 3) 1916-1931. Collected Letters, with footnotes. Indexes in all 3 volumes. These letters give a valuable and stimulating record of a successful writer's career, some lively glimpses of the literary and artistic world of his time, and a vivid and endearing picture of Bennett's own personality as well as of his faithful agent and friend, who was described by another admiring client, Joseph Conrad, as "the Pinker of agents". Each volume bound in red cloth; spine lettered in gilt. A near fine set in very good, unclipped dust jackets with rubbing along the edges and a bit to rear panels.
Price: $95.00