Pitt (George Dibdin) Sweeney Todd.
£75
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
London, Gerald Howe, 1937.
Second printing thus. 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers.
An attractive edition of the famous tale by Pitt, called The String of Pearls; or, The Fiend of Fleet Street (1847). Here with an introduction by the playwright Montagu Slater, famous for his work with Benjamin Britten.
In stock
Some foxing to wrappers.
Wrap around artwork by J. Gower Parks.
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