Hardback, First Edition, First Impression. Stock image used. Book Condition: Very Good. Boards are clean and unmarked, but have a slight push to the top and bottom of the spine. Page block is tight and clean with a light tan on the lower edge of the block: there are no inscriptions or other apparent markings. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The unclipped jacket has been pushed at the top of the spine. Cover is clean and bright. The long-awaited portrait of a literary master from one of our generation's greatest biographers, author of the definitive and acclaimed Matisse: The Life Anthony Powell: the literary genius who gave us A Dance to the Music of Time, an undisputed classic of English literature. Spanning twelve spectacular volumes and written over twenty-five years, his comic masterpiece teems with idiosyncratic characters, capturing twentieth century Britain through war and peace. Drawing on Powell's letters and journals, and the memories of those who knew him, Hilary Spur