Gautama the Enlightened & Other Verse
by: Masefield, JohnFirst Edition – London: William Heinemann, 1941 – Very Good hardcover/near Very Good dust jacket – 7.5″h – blue cloth with gilt lettered backstrip – outer edges darkened with light foxing to end paper s, prev. owner name on front endpaper – dust jacket sunned at backstrip with light overall sunning (no tears, complete, with […]
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First Edition – London: William Heinemann, 1941 – Very Good hardcover/near Very Good dust jacket – 7.5″h – blue cloth with gilt lettered backstrip – outer edges darkened with light foxing to end paper s, prev. owner name on front endpaper – dust jacket sunned at backstrip with light overall sunning (no tears, complete, with clean interior; in mylar) – 62pp. Poetry by English Poet Laureate; other ve rse: Shopping in Oxford, Mahdama’s Quest, An Art Worker. Size: 12mo – over 6¾” – 7¾” tall
SKU: RB052002
Publisher: William Heinemann
Publish Date: 1941
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