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WHEATLEY, Dennis
The Man Who Killed the King
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1965. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth pictorial dust jacket. 568pp. Map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Ownership signature/date on inner flyleaf. First U.S. edition of this historical adventure set during the French Revolution. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7267
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CASTLE, Agnes, and CASTLE, Egerton
The Star Dreamer: A Romance
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company 1903. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth with pictorial gilt. xiv 375pp. Frontispiece. Very good. Mild edgewear. First edition of this hip-wader tight and attractive. Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11167
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BENNETT, Arnold
The Feast of St. Friend: A Christmas Book
New York: George H. Doran 1911. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green paper over boards with green and gilt decorations slipcase. 117pp. Very good/good plus. Spine slightly age toned else tight and attractive; slipcase neatly archivally strengthened along some separations. Tight attractive first edition. George H. Doran hardcover
Bookseller reference : 19321
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TROLLOPE Anthony
The Prime Minister
Oxford: Oxford University Press 1977. Hardcover. Preface by L.S. Amery. Illustrations by Hector Whistler. 12mo. Brown cloth dust jacket. 396pp. Frontispiece illustrations. Very good/very good. Very minor wear; light dampstaining to some page edges. Tight later printing of this 1876 novel in the Palliser Novels series. From the uniform "Oxford Illustrated Trollope" series. Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10657
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GARNETT David
A Shot in the Dark
Boston: Little Brown and Company 1958. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth pictorial dust jacket. 216pp. Near fine/very good. Very slight jacket edgewear. First edition tight and handsome of this novel about an expatriate American "set in the golden olive-studded hills of a small Italian town. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17950
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MOORE, Doris Langley
E. Nesbit: A Biography
Philadelphia: Chilton 1966. Hardcover. 8vo. Cream cloth dust jacket. xxix 313pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. First of this revised edition of the 1933 text. Chilton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30999
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DURRELL, Lawrence
Livia or Buried Alive
New York: The Viking Press 1978. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth spine and black paper over boards dust jacket. 265pp. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first U.S. edition of the second novel in the British writer's "Avignon Quintet" with choice autograph accompaniment: Tipped to front flyleaf is a heavy stock 6" X 4" picture postcard signed large and bold by Durrell in teal blue marker in the message area. Never addressed or stamped. Undated but likely of 1970s vintage. Underside bears a black and white photograph of the French village of Villevieille. YOUNG 1122. The Viking Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9998 ISBN : 0670434477 9780670434473
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GOLDING, William
The Pyramid
New York: Harcourt Brace & World 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth price-clipped dust jacket. 184pp. Very good/very good. Uncommon first American edition. Harcourt, Brace & World hardcover
Bookseller reference : 539
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BENNETT, Arnold
The Old Wives' Tale
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1944. Hardcover. 16mo. Red cloth dust jacket. x 518pp 4pp 8pp ads. Decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Some jacket edgewear; ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight handsome later printing of #919 in Ernest Rhys' lovely "Everyman's Library" series. J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31105
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DAVIES, Rhys
A Bed of Feathers & Tale
New York: Black Hawk Press 1935. Hardcover. 8vo. Purple cloth with paper spine label. 99pp. Decorations. Very good. Spine very lightly sunned; text block lightly evenly age toned as usual. First edition limited to 900 copies. Tight and attractive. Black Hawk Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 20068
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MOORE, George
In Single Strictness
London: William Heinemann 1922. Hardcover. Small 4to. White and blue paper over boards dust jacket. 311pp many uncut. Very good/very good. Edition limited to 1030 numbered copies this #434 signed by Moore. William Heinemann hardcover
Bookseller reference : 29842
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WILSON, Guy
The Ardour of the Crowd
London: Chatto & Windus 1961. Hardcover. 12mo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering pictorial dust jacket. 252pp. Very good/very good. Minor foxing and age toning on preliminary leaves and page edges. First edition of Wilson's first novel set in an English public school. Boldly signed and inscribed by the author in blue ballpoint on front flyleaf in year of publication: "To Lynette / With very best wishes / from Guy / 14.4.61. Chatto & Windus hardcover
Bookseller reference : 540
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USTINOV, Peter
Romanoff and Juliet: A Comedy in Three Acts
New York: Random House 1958. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth dust jacket. 110pp. Very good/very good. Slight jacket edgewear. Just the "Fireside Theatre Book Club Edition" but tight and nice. The premier featured Ustinov himself as well as Jack Gilbert and Natalie Schafer. Random House hardcover
Bookseller reference : 23732
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KING, Francis
Visiting Cards
London: Constable and Company 1990. Hardcover. 8vo. White cloth pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Near fine/near fine. First edition. Constable and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1839
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JARMAN, Rosemary Hawley
We Speak No Treason
London: Collins 1971. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 5776pp. Frontispiece genealogical chart endpapers. Near fine/near fine. First British edition tight and attractive historical novel involving the 15th century House of York. Collins hardcover
Bookseller reference : 24825 ISBN : 0002219387 9780002219389
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HADFIELD John editor
Henry Fielding: Scenes and Characters
London: The Falcon Press 1950. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pictorial paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. 96pp. Near fine/near fine. Slight offsetting to endpapers as usual. Tight handsome first edition of this mini-anthology. The Falcon Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 16201
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HYAMS, Edward
The Unpossessed
New York: Simon and Schuster 1960. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with silver lettering and patterned paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. 311pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear; front flyleaf corner clipped at top. Tight nice first edition. YOUNG 1941. Simon and Schuster hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9793
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O'FAOLAIN, Sean
A Nest of Simple Folk
New York: Carol Publishing Group 1990. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey clot spine and green paper over boards. 398pp. Very good. Minor shelfwear; abrasion on front pastedown from bookplate removal. First of this edition. Carol Publishing Group hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10673
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Twelve Plays of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century
New York: The Modern Library 1933. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth. xxiii 952pp. Very good. Spine and tope edge of binding sunned. Early not first printing tight and clean. The Modern Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6660
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FRY, Christopher
A Phoenix Too Frequent: A Comedy
London: Oxford University Press 1951. Hardcover. 12mo. Green cloth pictorial dust jacket. 43pp. Very good/very good. Non-authorial gift inscription on front flyleaf. Later 4th printing tight and attractive in the lovely jacket. Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11008
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LAWRENCE, DH. D. H.
Mr. Noon
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1984. Hardcover. Edited by Lindeth Vasey. 8vo. Red cloth. xliv 370pp. 3 maps. Near fine. Handsome volume from "The Works of D.H. Lawrence" set tight and attractive. Cambridge University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 19939
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ALDINGTON, Richard
Soft Answers
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth price-clipped dust jacket. xii 242pp. Near fine/very good. Bookplate on front pastedown. Reissue of this 1932 text part of the "Crosscurrents" series edited by Harry T. Moore. Southern Illinois University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10710
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Laddie
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company 1903. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Grey cloth with red and blue pictorial front cover stamping. 123pp. Color frontispiece 7 full-page color plates. Very good. Early not first priting a tight and attractive copy of this sentimental bestseller. Henry Altemus Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17836
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COWARD, Noel
Play Parade
Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company 1933. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan decorated cloth. xvii 576pp. Very good. Some soiling to binding. First edition of this collection of seven plays: "Design for Living" "Cavalcade" "Private Lives" "Bitter Sweet" "Post-Mortem" "The Vortex" and "Hay Fever. Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9160
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WAUGH, Alec
My Place in the Bazaar
New York: Farrar Straus and Cudahy 1961. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth spine and green paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. viii 233pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket wear. First edition tight and attractive. YOUNG 4018. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9996
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HUNT, Leigh
The Town; Its Memorable Characters and Events
London: Smith Elder and Co 1848. Hardcover. Two volumes. 8vo. Orange blind-embossed cloth. xii 300pp; viii 311pp 32pp ads. Frontispieces steel engravings. Very good. Bookplates and ownership signatures on front pastedowns. First edition of this two-volume set. Vivid recollections accompanied by entertaining histories of the notable landmarks and characters of London. Smith, Elder and Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 529
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O'BRIEN, Edna
Virginia: A Play
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1981. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth spine and grey paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. 69pp. Fine/near fine. First U.S. edition tight and attractive. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover
Bookseller reference : 25032
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GALLICO, Paul
Coronation
Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. Red and black cloth pictorial dust jacket. 138pp. Near fine/very good. First edition tight and handsome. Doubleday & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8445
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MASEFIELD, John
King Cole
New York: The Macmillan Company 1922. Hardcover. Illustrations by Judith Masefield. Small 8vo. Black cloth spine and blue paper over boards with paper labels dust jacket. 87pp. Line drawings. Near fine/very good. Bookplate on front pastedown. Early not first printing of this play in verse illustrated by Masefield's daughter. The Macmillan Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 531
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HENDERSON, Philip (editor)
Shorter Novels: Eighteenth Century
London: Dent 1963. Hardcover. 12mo. Red cloth pictorial dust jacket. xi 278pp 8pp. Decorative endpapers. Very good/very good. Mild bit of jacket edgewear; margin comments inked on several pages. Tight handsome later printing of #856 in the lovely "Everyman's Library" series. Dent hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31116
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AMIS, Kingsley
The Alteration
New York: The Viking Press 1977. Hardcover. 8vo. Cream cloth spine and black paper over boards dust jacket. 210pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. First edition tight and nice. The Viking Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9801 ISBN : 0670115223 9780670115228
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GALSWORTHY, John
Captures
London: William Heinemann Ltd 1923. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth gilt. ix 306pp. Very good. Minor shelfwear. Handsome first edition second issue lacking the front flyleaf as called for by Marrot and caused by Galsworthy who objected to some preliminary material and insisted it be removed. Small bookplate on front pastedown of noted Chicago bibliophile Paul Butler. William Heinemann Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10659
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DANE Clemence
Wild Decembers: A Play in Three Acts
Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company 1932. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Grey cloth dust jacket. 101pp. Near fine/good plus. Large chip at tail of jacket spine with mild edgewear throughout. Tight fairly attractive early not first printing of this "Play about the Brontes" inscribed large and bold on the front flyleaf by the author: "for my dear Polly's / mother & father / from her friend / 'Winifred' / Clemence Dane / Christmas 1944. Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 18718
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LLEWELLYN, Richard
Chez Pavan
London: Michael Joseph 1959. Hardcover. 8vo. Purple cloth pictorial dust jacket. 416pp. Very good/very good. Bit of slight shelfwear and couple small tape stains on front and rear flyleaves; jacket shows minor edgewear. Tight and attractive first edition. YOUNG 2366. Michael Joseph hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9584
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O'FAOLAIN Nuala
My Dream of You
New York: Riverhead Books 2001. Hardcover. Small 4to. Cream cloth spine and green paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. 500pp. Fine/fine. A handsome first edition of the Irish columnist's first novel boldly inscribed by the author in black ballpoint on the title page: "Signed for Mary / Nuala O'Faolain. Riverhead Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 20814
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BAINBRIDGE, Beryl
The Bottle Factory Outing
New York: George Braziller 1975. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth pictorial dust jacket. 219pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket rear panel scuffed. First U.S. edition tight and attractive. GRIER 6 B. George Braziller hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9788 ISBN : 0807607819 9780807607817
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TREFUSIS, Violet
Broderie Anglaise
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1985. Hardcover. Translation by Barbara Bray. 8vo. Black cloth spine and black paper over boards dust jacket. xvii 120pp. Fine/near fine. First English-language edition of this 1935 novel. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9593 ISBN : 0151142408 9780151142408
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TROLLOPE, Anthony
The Duke's Children
Oxford: Oxford University Press 1977. Hardcover. Preface by Chauncey B. Tinker. Illustrations by Charles Mosley. 12mo. Brown cloth dust jacket. 643pp. Frontispiece illustrations. Very good/very good. Very minor wear; light stain on outer page edges. Tight later printing of this 1880 novel in the Palliser Novels series. From the uniform "Oxford Illustrated Trollope" series. Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10656
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CORELLI, Marie
The Mighty Atom
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1896. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with silver gilt. 310pp 6pp ads. Near fine. Nonauthorial 1896 gift inscription on front flyleaf. Handsome tight first U.S. edition of this British novel. J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14658
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ELTON, Godfrey
The Testament of Dominic Burleigh
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1926. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xviii 153pp. Near fine/near fine. Handsome tight first edition of this "strange story of a war hero who read his own newspaper obituary and sat down in protest to write the naked truth about himself." Uncommon in such a sharp bright jacket. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10988
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THACKERAY William Makepeace
Thackerayana: Notes and Anecdotes Illustrated by Hundreds of Sketches by William Makepeace Thackeray
London: Chatto & Windus 1901. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth heavily decorated in pictorial black and gilt. xx 494pp. Frontispiece numerous line drawings. Very good. Spine very faintly sunned; some small water spots on rear cover only; horizontal tear on page xv-xvi archivally repaired. Tight clean handsome copy of the "New Edition" of this 1870 title. Chatto & Windus hardcover
Bookseller reference : 532
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HUME Cyril
Myself and the Young Bowman and Other Fantasies
Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company 1932. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and lavender paper over boards dust jacket. viii 166pp. Very good/good plus. Jacket somewhat age toned and edgeworn with spine lightly sunned. First edition of this short story and verse collection limited to 1500 numbered copies this #649 signed boldly by Hume. Tight and attractive. American novelist screenwriter and prolific scribbler Hume 1900-66 is perhaps best remembered for the cult sci-fi film classic "Forbidden Planet" 1956 as well as "Tarzan the Ape Man" 1932 "Tarzan Escapes" 1936 and "The Great Gatsby" 1949 among others. Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 19266
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MASEFIELD, John
Sard Harker
New York: The Macmillan Company 1924. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Burgundy cloth. 412pp. Very good. Slight soiling to binding; ownership signature on front flyleaf. First edition of the prolific British writer's first adventure novel tight and attractive. The Macmillan Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6432
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LAWRENCE DH. D. H.
Sons and Lovers
New York: The Modern Library n.y. Hardcover. 12mo. Blue cloth price-clipped dust jacket. xix 420pp 6pp ads. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear; non-authorial gift inscription on half-title page. Tight attractive later printing of #333. The Modern Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10984
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TROLLOPE, Joanna
Girl from the South
London: Bloomsbury 2002. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with silver spine lettering pictorial dust jacket. 311pp. Sewn-in purple silk page marker. Near fine/near fine. First edition tight and handsome by this distant kin of British novelist Anthony Trollope -- and signed large andbold by Joanna Trollope in black fineline on title page. Bloomsbury hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30260 ISBN : 0747557993 9780747557999
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HAZLITT, William
Character of John Bull
Staplehurst UK: The Florin Press 1978. Hardcover. Illustrations by Graham Williams. 16mo. Brown cloth spine and green paper over boards. 9pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Hazlitt's well-known essay characterizing the typical Englishman. This beautiful little edition occasioned by the bicentennial of Hazlitt's birth is limited to 200 copies signed and numbered this #12 by Williams. Printed on handmade paper. The Florin Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 16177
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GEAR, Norman
I Sing for the Joker
London: Putnam 1963. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 224pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight attractive early not first printing. YOUNG 1377. Putnam hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9805
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BEAUMONT Francis and FLETCHER John
The Maides Tragedy.; Introduction by Christopher Morley. Wood engravings by Freda Bone
New York: Cheshire Press 1932. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green leather spine and marbled paper over boards. viii 147pp. Frontispiece illustrations. Very good. Spine a bit scuffed; ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight handsome copy. Edition limited to 1200 numbered copies this #967. Cheshire Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11012
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LYTTON, Edward Bulwer
Harold: The Last of the Saxon Kings
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1903. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Small 8vo. Brown cloth. xx 341pp; 328pp. Frontispieces illustrations. Near fine. Superb tight later printing of this historical novel with spine gilt bright. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 18508
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SHAKESPEARE, William
Henry the Fifth
N.p.: Horowitz & Son 1979. Hardcover. Illustrations by Isadore Seltzer. 8vo. Burgundy cloth slipcase. Ca. 250pp. Frontispiece illustrations. Fine/very good. 13th in a series of keepsake editions. Horowitz & Son hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14843
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