Lindsay (Jack) Come Home at Last
£125
and other stories
London, Ivor Nicholson & Watson, 1936.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A collection of short stories of a historical bent, based in Rome and Greece in the first century.
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Internally very good; cloth a little dulled at spine and edges; jacket with a few minor chips, some damage to lower panel, spine dulled, but upper panel bright.
Jacket artwork by Abbey.
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