Barre (Jean) Hawk’s Last Flight
£180
London, Wright & Brown, [1936].
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
Classic stuff by Jean Barre, here writing under her own name rather than a pseudonym.
Out of stock
Book VG; jacket a little frayed a spine ends and fore corners, o/w VG.
Jacket artwork by W.J. Roberts.
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