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First printing of the 1952 Vanguard Library edition in its original wrapper.
WRAPPER: The wrapper on this copy is bright, clean and complete. It is unfaded and unclipped. It shows trivial wear to the upper edges and at the base of the spine. Looks sharp in protective plastic.
BOOK: The book is square and very tight. The boards are clean and unfaded. The corners are sharp. The spine ends are gently bruised. The pages are clean and there is no foxing. The text block and the closed page edges are - as ever - browned. There are no loose or dog-eared pages. The binding is solid and without cracked hinges. There is a neat contemporary previous ownership inscription at the head of the ffep. A nice copy in a protected wrapper.
Publisher: Vanguard Library, 1952
Condition: Very Good +. Wrapper: Near Fine
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