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The Master

T. H. White

First published 1957
Publisher Jonathan Cape
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Pages 256
Price 15/-

  • Full title: The Master: An Adventure Story --UK and US national library records (and some newspaper coverage) of the 1957 editions, and some library records of some later eds.
  • Full reviews in 1957 US newspapers: • {{a|Dan Wickenden}}, "T. H. White Spins a Tale Improbable and Fascinating", New York Herald Tribune -03-24 pE4 • {{a|Orville Prescott}}, "Books of the Times", New York Times -03-29 p19 Shorter reviews in UK newsweeklies: • John Bayley [1925–2015], The Spectator 1957-03-01 p290 • {{a|Maurice Richardson}}, The New Statesman -03-09 p316 All agree the novel is very good, at least, and worth the attention of adults, despite its outlandish and childish plot.


"First published 1957" on copyright page. [Currey] Price from Tuck BL and LC library records (below) report full title The Master: An Adventure Story.

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Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Master Cover 1957 G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover Novel 256
The Master Cover 1964 Peacock Books / Penguin Paperback Novel PK43 Peter Le Vasseur 217
The Master 1967 Blackie Hardcover Novel xiii+236
The Master Cover 1967 Avon Camelot Paperback Novel ZS118 175
The Master 1976 Puffin Paperback Novel Peter Le Vasseur 217
The Master Cover 2018 Faded Page eBook Novel 20181201
The Master Cover 2018 Reading Essentials eBook Novel