THE WISDOM OF THE SANDS.
by SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine de. Translated by Stuart Gilbert from the French Citadelle
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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YORK, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hollis and Carter, 1952. . First edition, 8vo., pp.xii,350, red cloth, gilt, top edges red; light rubbing to extremities, slight roll to spine, a very good copy, in price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has light wear and loss loss to extremities.
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- Bookseller
- MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38085
- Title
- THE WISDOM OF THE SANDS.
- Author
- SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine de. Translated by Stuart Gilbert from the French Citadelle
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Hollis and Carter, 1952.
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