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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First published in 1931, and as a new edition in 2000, this is a second impression of the new edition of 2001. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed, very slight lean, not price clipped (£9.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and almost square, overall a vg+ copy. 322pp. The centrepiece of E.F. Benson's (1867-1940), series of Mapp & Lucia novels, bringing together for the first time the eponymous middle aged doyennes of polite 1930s society Miss Elizabeth Mapp and Emmeline Luca (Lucas to her friends). Lucia, recently widowed, is the newcomer to the village of Tilling and eager to wrest the reins of social supremacy from Miss Mapp and install herself as its benevolent dictator. In their polite acts of sabotage and ruthless jockeying for the position of cultural arbiter Mapp and Lucia tear up the conventions of drawing-room bridge evenings as their deadly weapons. Things finally come to a head with Miss Mapp's audacious attempt to steal her rival's celebrated Lobster a la Riseholme. E.F. Benson's charming satrical bent turns the pretensions and snobberies of English village life into a vicious comedy.Quite scarce, even in this later edition. Jacket by David Hitch (illustrator).…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This book has some slight rubbing to the front and back covers, light wear along the edges (including a one inch crease to the bottom corner of the back cover), and the former owner's name on the front endpaper. otherwise this book is in very good condition, with clean pages and tight binding.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. General shelf and handling wear, including light creasing to cover, corners and edges. Pageblock tanned, leading into page edges. Within, pages are tightly bound, and content unmarked. CN. Used.

Zustand: New. pp. 256.

hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Zustand: New. pp. 256.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. This book uncovers and explores the constant tension between the historical and the transcendental that lies at the heart of Michel Foucault s work. In the process, it also addresses the philosophical foundations of his thought by examining his theoretical .

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in boards. Cloth and leather covers. Edge worn with addtional scuffing, bumped with rubbed corners and light soiling. A two inch tears at spine heel at hinge.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.