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Absent in the Spring

Collins · 1944 · Hardback

Value coming soonSold £320, Jun 2025
All the King's Men, cover of another edition (the Eyre & Spottiswoode 1948 cover is not yet photographed)
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All the King's Men

Eyre & Spottiswoode · 1948 · Hardback

blue decorative design rather than the later red jacket

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Amerika, cover of another edition (the New Directions 1946 cover is not yet photographed)
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Amerika

New Directions · 1946 · Hardback

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