Please search by isbn instead of title if you want to add specific editions my edition does not have any isbn or numbers on nor in it. Zuleika dobson by max beerbohm and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. But for a gentle, entertaining look at youth, vocation, selfconfidenceego, and the vagaries of academia, all set in an oxonian context and using an appropriately excellent, though complex, writing style and vocabulary to match, read the fictional retelling of the story of zuleika dobson. Nov 04, 2009 zuleika dobson is a highly accomplished and superbly written book whose spirit is farcical, said e. The folio society has plain endpapers in the same colour as the cloth binding and is fractionally taller. Michael kirkham published by the folio society, london, 2008. They included the hp zuleika dobson, of which i already have a folio society edition, but the heritage volume is considerably more impressive, a larger, tall narrow volume even more so than. Jun 23, 2014 zuleika dobson is the finest, and darkest, kind of satire.
Zuleika dobson or an oxford love story and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the. I say appears to be, because the folio society imprint does not appear on the title page, but it does on the spine. It includes the famous line death cancels all engagements and presents a corrosive view of edwardian oxford. Dark blue cloth stamped in bright blue on front cover and stamped titles on spine. Zuleika dobson by max beerbohm, first edition abebooks. Zuleika dobson is the finest, and darkest, kind of satire. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Buy zuleika dobson or an oxford love story second impression by max beerbohm, max beerbohm isbn. Member of ioba the books you wantfrom sellers you can trust.
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Zuleika dobson folio society edition or an oxford love story beerbohm, max illus. In fact were proud to be one of the largest resellers of folio society books here in the uk. Publications in folio society bindings folio society. Suggestion for gift ideas look in the folio society category. Zuleika dobson, full title zuleika dobson, or, an oxford love story, is the only novel by max beerbohm, a satire of undergraduate life at oxford published in 1911.
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A year later 1912 i visited london, and i found that most of my friends and acquaintances spoke to me of zu like a a name which i hardly recognised and thoroughly disapproved. The folio society s version is the scott moncrieffterence kilmartind. Find great deals on ebay for folio books and folio society books. Zuleika dobson max beerbohm folio society 2008 hc books. Free delivery and returns on ebay plus items for plus members. The book is zuleika dobson by max beerbohm for a change it is a. It is a great workthe most consistent achievement of fantasy in our time. Slipcase split along long edge, spine rubbed, owners inscription. Zuleika dobson or an oxford love story by max beerbohm and a great selection of related books. May 29, 2015 the folio society is a ukbased publisher of hardbacks only and their books are beautiful. Zuleika dobson is a highly accomplished and superbly written book whose spirit is farcical, said e. Folio society 32 folktales and mythology 1 food and drink 31 foreign language 44 franklin library. Slipcase is marked and the front end page is torn, otherwise, a bright and clear copy.
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