Parsons (Anthony) Bush Gypsies
£295
London, Grayson, 1932.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A collection of particularly good short stories of Africa, the mysterious, elusive, charming, fascinating and cynical. Previously published in Blackwood’s magazine.
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A very good copy; cloth very slightly mottled at spine; jacket very slightly sunned at spine, overall very good.
Jacket artwork initialed ‘C.M.’
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