Jepson (Edgar) Lady Noggs Intervenes
£250
London, Hutchinson, 1908.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth.
The second of two novels featuring Lady Noggs, the whimsical aristocratic child protagonist introduced in Lady Noggs, Peeress (1906).
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Spine dulled, some general rubbing.
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