Weight     826g

A postcard from author

Short Stories 1895-1926

Rear end paper with few foxing markings around edges

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H M Bateman - The Boy Who Breathed On The Glass In The British Museum, H Pordes, 1971 granz henman sold 20 9 21 Weight 826gH M Bateman The Boy Who Breathed On The Glass In The British Museum, H Pordes, 1971 The "Crime": The boy looks at an exhibit, likely a mummy, and breathes on the glass display case. The Punishment: A guard spots the boy and has him arrested. He is then subjected to a formal trial and sentenced to a long period of hard labour in prison. The Return: After his release decades later, the boy returns to the museum as an old man. The Final Act: Standing