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London: Secker & Warburg, 1950. [Short Stories] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 216. Publisher's green cloth with navy titles to spine. With the green dust-jacket illustrated by Edward Bradbury, priced at 9/6. Internally crisp and clean. Cloth sunned to spine, corresponding to jacket losses. Jacket split..... More