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The English Sense of Humour. An Essay.

NICOLSON, Harold (1886-1968).

London: The Dropmore Press, 1946. [Essay on Humour] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (27 x 21cm), pp.[4] 70 [6]. Number 202 of 550 copies thus, letterpress printed on handmade paper by J. Barcham Green of Maidstone. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt device to upper. All edges untrimmed. Small black stamp of the Times Book Club to rear pastedown. Boards lightly rubbed and bumped, with several marks and some soiling. Very good. Item #56413

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