Copyright © 2020 by David Pryce-Jones

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Names: Pryce-Jones, David, 1936– author.

Title: Signatures: literary encounters of a lifetime / David Pryce-Jones.

Other titles: Literary encounters of a lifetime

Description: New York: Encounter Books, 2020. | Includes index. | Summary:

Identifiers: LCCN 2019043396 (print) | LCCN 2019043397 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781641770903 (cloth) | ISBN 9781641770910 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Pryce-Jones, David, 1936– | Pryce-Jones, David, 1936—Friends
and associates. | Authors—20th century—Biography. |
Intellectuals—20th century—Biography. | Literature, Modern—20th century. | History, Modern—20th century. | Civilization, Modern—20th century.

Classification: LCC PR6066.R88 Z46 2020 (print) |
LCC PR 6066.R88 (ebook) | DDC 828/.91409—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019043396

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019043397