Oppenheim (E. Phillips) The Double Life of Mr Alfred Burton
£95
London, Methuen, 1914.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth gilt.
A humorous tale in which magic beans from the East give Alfred Burton an uncompromising devotion to truth and beauty.
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Ink name to front endpaper; a little marginal toning and occasional finger marking; cloth spine slightly dulled, minor rubbing to extremities.
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