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Open the door! : a volume of stories / by Osbert Sitwell
by Sitwell, Osbert 1892-1969
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- Hardcover
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
London : Macmillan, 1942. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Foxing scattered internally throughout. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 281 pages ; 21 cm. Contents; Death of a god.--Defeat.--The man who drove Strindberg mad.--Pompey and some peaches-I. Pompey and some peaches-II. Shadow play.--Lovers' meeting.--Touching wood.--The woman who hated flowers.--Primavera.--Plague-cart before horse.--Champagne for the old lady.--True lovers' knot.--The messenger.--Dead heat.--Long journey.--Idyll through the looking-glass.--The glow-worm. Subjects; English fiction 20th century. Short stories, English. English fiction. Short story collection.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 398820
- Title
- Open the door! : a volume of stories / by Osbert Sitwell
- Author
- Sitwell, Osbert 1892-1969
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Publisher
- London : Macmillan
- Date Published
- 1942
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