TWO VOLUMES SECOND EDITION SMALL OCTAVO NEW LEATHER SPINES AND LABELS REBOUND WITH ORIGINAL LEATHER BOARDS CORNERS BUMPED NEW ENDPAPERS. FROM THE LIBRARY OF EDWARD SACHEVERELL SITWELL WITH HIS BOOKPLATE. PLEASE NOTE – PAGES 131 TO 142 OF VOLUME 2 ARE MISSING OTHERWISE A NICE SET.
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FIRST EDITION CROWN QUARTO IN TWO VOLUMES. VERY GOOD COPIES IN BROWN CLOTH WITH COMPLETE DUSTWRAPPERS. VOLUME 1THE MAIN PART OF THE DICTIONARY GIVES THE AUTHOR’S NAME A BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE AND A LIST OF FIRST EDITIONS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. VOLUME 2 CONTAINS A COMPLETE TITLE-AUTHOR INDEX OF THE 6000 WORKS. 1500 PAGES IN TOTAL. WILL INCUR EXTRA POSTAGE.
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FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. PUBLISHED IN LIFE AND LETTERS VOLUME 3 NUMBER 15 AUGUST 1929. A VERY SLIGHTLY ABBREVIATED VERSION. THE MAGAZINE WAS EDITED BY DESMOND MACCARTHY. VERY GOOD.
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