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Laverton, Mrs. H. S. THE ROMANCE OF A HILL STATION AND OTHER STORIES. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1902. Octavo, eight inserted plates with illustrations by F. M. Minns, original pictorial teal cloth. First edition, first printing. The author's first book, apparently (in the dedication the author writes that this is "my first attempt" and dedicates it to her mother). Thirteen short stories set in the British colonial establishment in India, sentimental love stories mostly. Not in Gupta, India in English Fiction, 1800-1970. Cloth rubbed at edges and corner tips, endpapers and tissue guard foxed, else a very good copy. (#115722).

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