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SERVICE (ROBERT W.) Songs of a Sourdough, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, Toronto, William Briggs, 1907
24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
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SERVICE (ROBERT W.)
Songs of a Sourdough, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, "Author's Edition", occasional light spotting, publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettered spine and upper cover, dust-jacket (light soiling, 3 neat tears, frayed at extremities) [Mitham A1a], 8vo, Toronto, William Briggs, 1907
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FIRST EDITION OF SERVICE'S FIRST BOOK, IN THE VERY SCARCE DUST-JACKET. This copy in brown cloth, rather than the more common green variant, Mitham noting no priority in printing.





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