Webster (F.A.M.) Second Wind
£125
London, Hutchinson, [1934].
First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth lettered in green. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Africa-based novel with lost race elements.
In stock
Ink name to front free endpaper, with ownership stamps to title-page; jacket a little worn and spotted.
Jacket illustration by Wood.
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