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SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Fourth edition. Publishers red cloth with black lineal borders. Black title to spine. Frontispiece portrait plate. Full-page photographic plates. A very nice copy.

Publisher: Hurst & Blackett., London

Author: Clifford W. Collinson

Date Published: ca.1926

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Very Good

Reference: #39

Weight: 541g

Reserve: $10.00

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