Turner (John Hastings) The Affairs of Men
£150
London, Chapman and Hall Ltd., 1932.
First edition. 8vo. Original near black cloth lettered in orange to spine.
Uncommon first edition, especially in the jacket, of this British Empire tale.
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NF VG+, no inscriptions, slight dustiness to boards, in a VG+ wrapper, slightly soiled to spine, with a tiny chip to the middle of the top edge of the front panel
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