Published by The Hogarth Press, London, 1974, 1st edition. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering (on brown patch) to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 8ins x 5.25ins, 224pp. Inscribed and signed to title page ""For Ailsa Craig (?) William Samson, C'mas 74"". Dw shows strips of light browning from being next to smaller books. A half inch strip to the top of the front board. a one inch strip to the top of the rear board and adjacent to the spine of the rear board. VG / G+ nr VG.

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Bookseller: Missing Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 39080
Title: A Young Wife's Tale
Author: Sansom, William
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Keywords: SIGNED

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