Stacpoole (Henry De Vere) The Naked Soul
£125
London, Collins, 1933.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
More in the vein of the author’s most famous work, The Blue Lagoon (1908).
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Some foxing; cloth very good; jacket very good.
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