Clouston (J.Storer) The Lunatic at Large Again
£295
London, Eveligh, Nash & Grayson, [1922].
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
The continuing Wodehousian adventures of adventures of Mr. Francis Mandell-Essington, the basis for the 1927 silent film The Lunatic at Large.
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Some discolouration to cloth at top edge of lower cover; jacket a little soiled and chipped, but overall very good.
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