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LOT 2105

Sold for (Inc. bp): £7

NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS - CASTERET - THE DARKNESS UNDER THE EARTH
PUBLISHED 1954 A.D.
8 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (459 grams, 22 x 14.5 cm).

Casteret, Norbert, The Darkness Under the Earth, Dent, London, 1954; original cloth; 14 pp. + 168 pp., illustrated; with detailed collector record card, small 'ANGUS & ROBERTSON' Sydney bookseller label to inside front cover and inked 'P V Rose / 1955' to fep. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Acquired new by gift from family friend George Baker via Angus & Robertson, Sydney, Australia, 1955.
The property of Mr and Mrs PR of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.

Accompanied by a hand-written record card from Mr and Mrs PR.

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