Dunsany (Lord) My Talks with Dean Spanley
£395
London, Heinemann, 1936.
First edition. 8vo. Original green boards. Dust-jacket.
A good first edition of Dunsany’s classic humorous novel about an alcohol-loving clergyman who thinks he is the reincarnation of a dog…the jacket artwork says it all.
In stock
VG; jacket browned and with some chipping.
Frontispiece by S.H. Sime.
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