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Desirable residences and other stories

Title
Desirable residences and other stories / E.F. Benson ; selected by Jack Adrian.
Author
Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic), 1867-1940.
Publication
Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
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  • Contributor biographical information
  • Publisher description

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TextRequest in advance PR6003.E66 D4 1991Off-site

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Additional Authors
  • Adrian, Jack.
  • Eric Sherman Collection (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library) NNC
Description
xiv, 278 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  • 1800-1999
  • Manners and customs
  • England > Social life and customs > 20th century > Fiction
  • England > Social life and customs > 19th century > Fiction
  • England
Genre/Form
  • Fiction.
  • Dust jackets (Binding)
Note
  • Rare Book copy: Book jacket retained.
Contents
  • Entomology -- The peerage cure -- When Greek meets Greek -- Doggies -- The case of Bertram Porter -- Philip's safety razor -- The hapless bachelors -- Dicky's pain -- The bridge fiend -- The drawing room bureau -- Music -- Aunts and pianos -- The guardian angel -- The queen of the spa -- Desirable residences.
  • The puce silk -- The godmother -- A breath of scandal -- To account rendered -- The Superannuation Department, AD 1945 -- The satyr's sandals -- The disappearance of Jacob Conifer -- The return of Dodo -- Dodo's progress -- Number 12 -- The top landing -- Sea mist.
ISBN
  • 0192123041
  • 9780192123046
LCCN
91009923
OCLC
  • ocm23355632
  • 23355632
  • SCSB-2903675
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries