F/VG+. Slight darkening to spine.
Ashton (Helen) Hornet’s Nest.
£150
First edition.
London. Gollancz, 1934
Novel about a doctor in a small town, written by one-time house physician at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Uncommon.
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