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Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett (FIRST AMERICAN EDITION), 1910 🇬🇧✍️🎄 The California Gold Rush The ad is a timeThis is a rare First American Edition, First Printing of Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett, the first book in his acclaimed trilogy. The volume is classified as a top shelf literary artifact, appealing to collectors of British Modernist Realist fiction and Edwardian gift culture. Its value is secured by its verifiable First Printing status in 1910 and a non replicable Provenance Premium: a dated handwritten gift inscription from Christmas 1910. 2. About