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LOT 2230
Group of Various Novels - 7 Titles
CIRCA 1929 A.D.
6 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. (1.24 kg total, 17 x 10.5 cm each).
A group of Reader's Library editions of famous novels comprising: Hall Caine - The Manxman - London, hardcover, 378 pp; Jerome K. Jerome - Three Men in a Boat (To say nothing of the dog) - hardcover, 253 pp; Alexandre Dumas - The Black Tulip - hardcover, 253 pp; Hubert Dail - The Singing Fool - hardcover, 252 pp; Edgar Wallace - The Big Four - hardcover, 188 pp; Margaret Kennedy - The Constant Nymph - hardcover, 253 pp; Goldsmith - The Vicar of Wakefield- hardcover, 243 pp. [7, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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