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Forster (E.M.) Abinger Harvest, first edition, first issue with 'A Flood in the Office' present,

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Forster (E.M.) Abinger Harvest, first edition, first issue with 'A Flood in the Office' present,

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NO RESERVE Forster (E.M.) Abinger Harvest, first edition, first issue with 'A Flood in the Office', endpapers browned, some light foxing to fore-edge, otherwise internally very clean, original cloth, dust-jacket, one or two light soiling marks to lower panel, spine head creased and frayed, otherwise a remarkably tight and sharp example, 1936; The Hill of Devi, foxing, heavier to title and endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, light creasing and fraying to extremities, short chipped tear along lower joint spine head, 1953, 8vo (2)

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Forster (E.M.) Abinger Harvest, first edition, first issue with 'A Flood in the Office' present,

Name: Forster (E.M.) Abinger Harvest, first edition, first issue with 'A Flood in the Office' present,
SKU: 137697928
Price: 95 GBP
Availability: InStock