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110771
WAUGH, Evelyn.

Scott-King's Modern Europe.

Stock Code 110771

London, Chapman & Hall, 1947

$3,532.00 - $3,532.00
$3,532.00
$3,532.00 - $3,532.00
$3,532.00
Presentation copy. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in pencil to the front free endpaper, 'For Christopher / with love from / Evelyn / Christmas 1947'. The recipient was the English author Christopher Sykes (1907-1986).

First edition, inscribed by the author; 8vo; some toning to endpapers, scattered light spotting, heaviest to final gathering; publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with the original unclipped pictorial dustjacket, faintly soiled, else very good.
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Provenance: Christopher Sykes (author's presentation inscription).

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