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Leyton (Patrick) Haunted Abbey
£650
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1936.
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth blocked in black. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
A partly occult novel based on an Abbot’s legacy curse dating back to the time of Henry VIII. Rare in the original, first impression dust-jacket.
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A little light spotting; covers a little creased and soiled; jacket chipped at upper corners, light mark around price possibly where a price sticker had bee removed, but really a VG example.
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