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Meanwhile, 


the Picture of a Lady


By H G Wells


1927 First UK Edition


Original Brown Cloth Binding with Gold Gilt Title To Spine


First American edition of Wells' 1927 novel detailing a house-party Casa Terragena, an Italian villa with a famous garden on the Italian Riviera. 


Author:  H G Wells


Publisher:  London: Ernest Benn Limited


Edition: 1927 First UK Edition 


Condition: Please see photographs as part of the condition report: Bound in the original publishers brown cloth binding. Boards lightly marked, small amount of rubbing to the extremities and holding firm. Ink [1927] inscription to the FFEP. Text block firm, Pages lightly browned to the edges otherwise clean a good copy.     


Information: 19cm x 13.3cm 288pp 

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