Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Good, First

acknowledgements, note on the text, introduction by editors, chronology, bibliography and index. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. "No Victorian critic has had a great impact on English and American literary attitudes than Matthew Arnold. This volume, complementary to Matthew Arnold: The Poetry, presents the replies and recitals, the praise and the censure, which greeted Arnold's criticism from the early in 1860s until the turn-of-the-century." -- from front fold over panel blurb. Part of The Critical Heritage Series. Softening and fading to the back strip edges and light fading of the back strip itself. Some rubbing of the book corners with dust marks to the top textblock edge. Foxing to the first few and last few pages of the book. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with almost complete fading of the back strip. Sunning and handling marks to the rear panel. Some marks to the fold over panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], VIII - XV, [1], 458 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Britain/UK; 19th century; Essays & Literary Criticism. ISBN: 0710002440. ISBN/EAN: 9780710002440. Inventory No: 0121378.