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Bates, H. E.
The Vanished World: An Autobiography Volume One [with] The Blossoming World Volume Two [and] The World In Ripeness Volume Three.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press, Columbia;
Date of Publication: 1969
Stock Code: 11299
First American Editions. Three vols, octavo’s, pp., 188, [2]; 181, [1]; 152. All illustrated with line drawings by John Ward. Publishers’ blue cloth with silver titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jackets in orange, cream and grey. Spine tips slightly rubbed. Pictorial bookplate to each front paste-down; no annotation or inscriptions; very slight foxing to text-block edge Volume Three. Volume two jacket lightly spine sunned and volume three very slightly creased. A Near Fine set in like jackets. Complete in three volumes, Bates’ recollections of his life from childhood before the Great War, including his writing career and personal life. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. £50.00