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Published after the author's death by MacGibbon & Kee, London, 1967. Octavo of 200 pages (Wikipedia gives 212) in brown paper-covered boards with the spine title in gilt, issued in a pictorial dust jacket designed by John Farman. Read the copyright page for the impression before treating a copy as the first.
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MacGibbon & Kee, London, in 1967, in hardback.
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