MURRY, John Middleton (editor). Katherine Mansfield's Letters to John Middleton Murry 1913-1922, London: Constable, 1951, 8°, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE EDITOR on front blank, with pp. 375-376 removed and a cancel of two pages inserted, original brown cloth stamped in gilt on spine, dust-jacket (rather worn). [Kirkpatrick A16a]

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MURRY, John Middleton (editor). Katherine Mansfield's Letters to John Middleton Murry 1913-1922, London: Constable, 1951, 8°, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE EDITOR on front blank, with pp. 375-376 removed and a cancel of two pages inserted, original brown cloth stamped in gilt on spine, dust-jacket (rather worn). [Kirkpatrick A16a]

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Kirkpatrick refers to this particular copy on page 70 of her bibliography of Mansfield: "In a copy formerly in the collection of P. A. Lawlor and now in that of the late R. M. Rodewald of Auckland, pp. 375-376, i.e. M(12) have been removed and a cancel of 2pp. inserted. The copy is signed in ink on the upper free end-paper: 'John Middleton Murry', and has a pencilled note at foot: 'J.M.M. signed this for me at Constable's Office. P.A.L. 15-10-51.' ... In an uncorrected proof copy the text is identical with the published version, and in JMM's own copy of the book, the pages are not cancelled."

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