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Onions ([George] Oliver) Admiral Eddy
£120
London, John Murray, 1907.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth.
A work of nautical interest, by an author best remembered today for his ghost stories.
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Cloth slightly dulled and rubbed at spine.
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