SHENJI, KUCHENGA
The Library Thief
Sphere, London: 2024
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As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to a limitation page. From an edition of150 copies, this one being number 89. Another copy with the same description, this one being number 90. Fine / Fine.
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