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Phillpotts (Eden) Up Hill Down Dale
£150
London, Hutchinson, [1925].
First edition. 8vo. Original light purple cloth blocked in black. Dust-jacket, priced 7s6d.
Some of this Devonshire author’s best short stories, distinctly scarce in the original dust-jacket.
In stock
Book itself VG; jacket with some general rubbing, large chip from head of spine and lower fore-corner.
Jacket artwork by ?Dowd.
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