First UK Edition. 8vo. [193 x 125 x 24 mm]. 203pp. Bound in the publisher's original light tan cloth, the spine lettered in blue, in the original dust-wrapper designed by Edward Bawden. (Wrapper with a few small chips at edges and a little rubbed and marked). Light spotting to edges and a few pages, but a good copy in the rare and amusing Bawden wrapper. The third book in the Archy saga, first published in New York in 1935. Seller Inventory # ebc7600

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Title: Archy does his part.

Publisher: Faber & Faber Limited, London

Publication Date: 1936

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Edition: First UK Edition.

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