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Francis (Beard) Comedy and Tragedy.

£150

Or, The Seven Stages of Stick-It
London, Holden & Hardingham, [1921].

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 6/-.

A novel by the little-known Beard Francis, author of Higgs & Potter and How Like a Man.

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Toning to text-block; cloth slightly softened at head of spine, some minor bumping; jacket slightly toned and marked in places, some chips, worn at spine ends with considerable loss to head.

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