Powell (Anthony) Hearing Secret Harmonies
£45
London, Heinemann, 1973.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
The final in the author’s A Dance to the Music of Time series.
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A very good copy, jacket slightly tanned otherwise very good.
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