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A Variation on an Old Theme
London, Robert Hale, [1941].
First edition. Publisher’s File Copy (stamp to front endpaper). 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket.
Great jacket artwork by Golden Cockerel Press regular Dorothea Braby. An updated take on ‘The Rape of Lucrece’, about the legendary Roman noblewoman Lucretia.
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Minor bumping to covers; loss to jacket head of spine, a few small chips and closed tears, but otherwise very good.
Jacket artwork by Dorothea Braby.
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