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HUGHES, Dorothy B. Johnnie. Cleveland: The World Publishing...

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HUGHES, Dorothy B. Johnnie. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, [1946]. 8vo. 219 pp. Publisher?s full black cloth, front board and spine stamped in green, publisher?s neatly clipped dust jacket (binding rubbed, text toned, half-title with tear at upper margin; jacket spine toned and edgeworn, some edgewear, soiling to jacket). Good. FIRST TOWER EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY AND SIGNED BY HER ON THE TITLE-PAGE. Inscribed by her on the ffep.: ?For John & Pat ? My editor hated this manuscript and I loved it ? So did the Services fortunately and my Editor apologized ? best always Dorothy?. An excellent inscription by Hughes, a crime writer and literary critic. Measurements: 8 x 6 x 1?.