The Survivor

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Overview:

Title: The Survivor
Author: Dennis Parry
Year: 1941
Publisher: Henry Holt
Price: $2.50
Pages: 318
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Novel
Title Reference: The Survivor
Notes: Info from WorldCat. Price from: https://www.nytimes.com/1941/01/12/archives/an-eerie-tale-the-survivor-by-dennis-parry-318-pp-new-york-henry.html. No date on copyright page, but British edition was published in 1940, so it's likely this was published in America early the following year judging by the N.Y. Times review.