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Lang (Andrew, editor) The Violet Fairy Book, 2010.

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Lang (Andrew, editor) The Violet Fairy Book, 2010.

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NO RESERVE Lang (Andrew, editor) The Violet Fairy Book, frontispiece and 14 colour plates by Robert Venables, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, slip-case, The Folio Society, 4to, 2010.

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Lang (Andrew, editor) The Violet Fairy Book, 2010.

Name: Lang (Andrew, editor) The Violet Fairy Book, 2010.
SKU: 116575622
Price: 140 GBP
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