Mannin (Ethel) Children of the Earth
£125
London, Jarrolds, [1930].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A story of working-class woman by the popular author and travel writer, Ethel Mannin.
In stock
Contemporary gift inscription to front pastedown; cloth a little rubbed and softened; jacket a little chipped at extremities with spotting to spine.
Jacket artwork by Norman Wilson.
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