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Buy this book on-line GALLICO**, PAUL: : Three Stories by: The Snow Goose,The Small Miracle,Lumila. [Tipped in author's Signature.]LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,1964. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author's signature tipped-in,1st thus. [Stories originally first published in 1940,1950 and 1959 respectively.] FINE/FINE.Owner's handwritten,blue ink name+contemporary date (Christmas 1964) to front pastedown, partially hidden by front inner flap of dw/dj,author's tipped-in ink signature - without dedication - to front free endpaper,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Anne Linton, illustrated front panel+spine/backstrip of dw/dj with black lettering to each,rear panel with white background and b/w line illustrations - each related to the individual books' title.With negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - very miniscule chipping to both head+foot of spine/backstrip with minute reciprocal loss - but no other major nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore- edges both lightly toned and unusually, both with just a couple of foxing/spotting flecks; contents bright,tight, exceptionally clean - almost pristine - solid and sound,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, grey+white wood-grain effect paper-covered boards/covers with plain,red paper(?) blind-spine with bright,crisp blocked gilt lettering and a small blemish at foot of same,and immaculate plain white eps - signatures excepted.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj, tipped-in author signature - without dedication,1st edn thus,7- 118pp [paginated] includes author's introduction: the story behind the stories,the three individual,short stories accompanied by b/w line illustrations by Anne Linton,throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] half-title with off-set shadowing from dw/dj's front inner flap,title page,contents page,individual title separator pages with b/w vignette and dedication to its recto and blank at the rear of the book.
An exceptional item,in it's cleanliness and the dw/dj's near entirety because of the fragility of paper used,and with little detraction from either.Uncommon omnibus of three of Gallico's most well-known and popular short stores gathered here for the first time.
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