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TALES FROM THE WHITE HART.

Clarke, Arthur C.

New York: Ballantine Books, [1957]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ballantine Books 186. Collects fifteen fantastic tall tales related by Harry Purvis at the "White Hart," a London pub close to Fleet Street frequented by journals, writers, editors and scientists, all published between 1954 and 1957. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-105]. Mild stress crease lower right corner, a fine copy, unread (29227). Item #29227

Price: $75.00