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LOT 2240
Lorna Doone - A Romance of Exmoor by R.D. Blackmore
CIRCA 1920 A.D.
6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (324 grams, 17 x 11.5 cm).
R.D. Blackmore, London & Edinburgh, hardcover, 687 pp, colour and monochrome illustrations, awarded to Edith Evans for dressmaking, session 1919-1920 by Lancasterian Continuation School, Church Road, Tottenham. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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