The Merry Ghosts. Poems by...
by WALLER, John
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London, Editions Poetry, 1946. . First edition, inscribed by the author; 8vo; frontispiece portrait after 'Sevek'; publisher's green cloth, dust-jacket, lightly dust-soiled, minor rubbing and chipping to extremities, otherwise very good.
Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: 'To John Bayliss from John Waller, Kensington 14 June 1948. 'How to keep clear of fools is our problem'. A near fine copy in a slightly nicked dust jacket.
Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: 'To John Bayliss from John Waller, Kensington 14 June 1948. 'How to keep clear of fools is our problem'. A near fine copy in a slightly nicked dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 104597
- Title
- The Merry Ghosts. Poems by...
- Author
- WALLER, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Editions Poetry, 1946.
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