Wren, Percival Christopher

Beau Geste. London: John Murray, 1927, 8vo (224 x 152mm.), NUMBER 487 OF 1000 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, frontispiece portrait of the author, four coloured plates, 16 black and white plates and other illustrations by Helen McKie, original buckram in red and blue with paper lettering piece on spine, top edge gilt, DUST-JACKET, slight spotting, dust-jacket soiled and frayed at extremities;

Good Gestes. London: John Murray, 1929, 8vo (185 x 120mm.), FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ("To Wm C. Finch, Esq | from | P.C. Wren") on author's own ex libris bookplate on front fixed endpaper, 4pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original red cloth lettered in gilt, DUST-JACKET, slight browning, slightly soiled dust-jacket slightly frayed at extremities (2)

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