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Retreat

Blunden, Edmund

Retreat

Richard Cobden-Sanderson, [London]: 1928
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First edition. No. 53 of 112 copies, signed by the author. Title page printed in red and black. 70 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Kirkpatrick A25b Brown buckram. Fine, in fine dust jacket Title page printed in red and black. 70 pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition. No. 53 of 112 copies, signed by the author.
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