London: Printed at the Raven Press in Harrow for Constable & Co, 1933. One of 750 numbered copies, signed by the author. Wood engraved frontispiece by Horace Walter Bray. Pp. [viii], 57, blank, colophon. 8vo., original vellum backed brown cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt. Occasional light spotting, edges a little darkened, otherwise very good.||Produced after their time at the Gregynog Press, this is a fine example of the attractive later work of Maynard & Bray.|

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Bookseller: SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 11764
Title: The Abbe Prevost: A Play.
Author: RAVEN PRESS. WADDELL, Helen
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Printed at the Raven Press in Harrow for Constable & Co
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1933
Keywords: Book,Private Press, Illustrated

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