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Cross, Odo (illustrated by John Minton) : THE SNAIL THAT CLIMBED THE EIFFEL TOWER and other stories
 

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Usual catalogue: Children's and Illustrated

John Lehmann, London, 1947, 1st edn., 86pp, coloured frontis and 7 other coloured plates, with monotone head and tail pieces to each story and endpapers illustrated in line, all by John Minton, : large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial paper covered boards backed at spine with blue cloth with black title panel lettered in gilt, matching design wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, six short stories, an uncommon title, edges tanned, some light foxing to free endpapers, dustwrapper: rubbed with slight loss at extrems., chip at head of spine repaired to reverse, light foxing and tanning mainly at spine and folds, very good plus in a good plus dustwrapper,
Book reference no: 37998 - Price: £180.00 Click to order

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1 books listed in this catalogue, last amended: 10 February 2010