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London: W.H. Allen / A Howard & Wyndham Company, 1978. Very Good +/Very Good +. London: W.H. Allen / A Howard & Wyndham Company, 1978. First UK Edition. Octavo. 246 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Typed letter signed by Caspary to Roland Gelatt laid in at front along with a small photo of an apparent common ancestor. Additional signed bookplate and publisher's compliments slip also laid in. In the letter, Vera touches upon her upcoming travels and her family history, which apparently is shared with Mr. Gelatt: "The third child of Moses must have been Rosalia, Leah's grandmother. I never met her but she was a fine old lady from all I have heard and nothing like her sister Emma, my grandmother who was a nasty old bitch (also according to my mother) and a Jew-hating Jew. She was a terrible snob and it must have been from her that my sister got her prejudices. "So Moses Mendel was the father of Rosalia who was your mother's grandmother. That would make you his… Read More

London: W. H. Allen, 1978. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Graham Miller. 1978 WH Allen First/First **SIGNED, DATED & INSCRIBED ** on the ffep An exceptionally rare signed first edition by Caspary