MANSFIELD, Katherine. Something Childish and Other Stories, London: Constable, [21 August 1924], 8°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE without the date of publication on verso of title, original grey cloth (extremities rubbed, spine browned), dust-jacket (spine browned with small hole, chipped at extremities). [Kirkpatrick A8a]

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MANSFIELD, Katherine. Something Childish and Other Stories, London: Constable, [21 August 1924], 8°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE without the date of publication on verso of title, original grey cloth (extremities rubbed, spine browned), dust-jacket (spine browned with small hole, chipped at extremities). [Kirkpatrick A8a]

Lot Essay

"C. A. & H. W. Stonehill, 1925, p. 74 record: 'Of this first issue, 34 copies escaped destruction; these were used as travellers' samples, sent to Australia, or given for early review ...'" (Kirkpatrick p. 36). See back cover illustration.

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