THE TOYS OF PEACE AND OTHER PAPERS

Name: THE TOYS OF PEACE AND OTHER PAPERS
Author: MUNRO, H. H. ["SAKI"]

MUNRO, H. H. ["SAKI"]

Language: English

Published by JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD, LONDON, 1919

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8vo, first edition, pp,xxiv,303, portrait frontispiece, gilt titled brown blind panelled cloth with blind titling to the upper cover, early signature to the leading free endpaper, mild age-toning to the binding, the odd spot of foxing to the fore-edge, small tear to the outer margin of one leaf not affecting the text, light toning to the text. A posthumous collection of short stories by British satarist Munro. Munro enlisted as an ordinary soldier in World War I and was killed by a German sniper in France in 1916. The eponymous opening short storyis one of Saki's finest pieces of social satire.

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Title: THE TOYS OF PEACE AND OTHER PAPERS
Author: MUNRO, H. H. ["SAKI"]
Publisher: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD, LONDON
Publication year: 1919
Condition: Very good
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English

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