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Day: December 18, 2015

Winston’s covers a surge of serge

December 18, 2015 ~ winstonsdad ~ 3 Comments

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Another Russian gem is this one from NYRB I have once cover Victor Serge on the blog and have been eager to try others even if it is just an excuse to buy some great NYRB covers

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