" It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life. "
— Henry Ward Beecher
Statement Against Corpses. Short Stories.
London: Constable, 1964. [Short Stories] ASSOCIATION COPY, First Edition. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.204. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Richard Weaver, priced at 21s. Gently toned to edges. Jacket water-stained and wrinkled, with toning and sunning to spine, and some wear and light chipping to edges. Good. Ghose's first prose publication, and Johnson's third publication overall, bringing their arresting poetic techniques into the realm of the short story. Item #59490
From the library of Keith and Claire Andrews, with whom Johnson lived at Claremont Square, Angel, Islington.
Price: £175.00
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