Original cloth, Whistler-esque dust-jacket, a little wear & tear and some minor marking, but overall very good.
Dinesen (Isak) Seven Gothic Tales
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Fifth printing, Putnam, 1948.
An attractive early printing of this famous compilation of tales by Karen Blixen, under her pen name of Isak Dinesen.
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