PHILLPOTTS, EDEN
Mr. Digweed And Mr. Lumb
The Macmillan Company, New York: 1934
Original tan cloth with black blind-stamp illustration to the front panel and text in black to the spine. 8vo - 249 pp. In a very bright and complete example of the dust jacket with art by Norman Guthrie Rudolph. All four corners of the jacket are slightly bevelled. Near Fine / Near Fine.
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