Laughter in the Next Room

Bookseller

San Francisco Book Company (FR)

Bookseller's Inventory #

90758

Title

Laughter in the Next Room

Author

Sitwell, Osbert

Format/Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Used - Good

Quantity Available

1

Edition

Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo

Publisher

Macmillan

Place of Publication

London

Date Published

1949

Keywords

Literature

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Biography;

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