The garden of weapons : typescript (carbon), 1979.

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The garden of weapons : typescript (carbon), 1979.

Typed carbon ms. with Gardner's final holograph corrections, deletions, and additions in ink.

ca. 500 leaves in various foliations ; 30 cm.

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Gardner, John, 1926-2007

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John Edmund Gardner was born in Northumberland, England on November 20, 1926. In the early years of World War II, he was a drummer boy with the Home Guard and also worked as a magician for the American Red Cross Entertainments Department. When he turned 18 at the end of 1944, he joined the Royal Navy and then was transferred to the Royal Marines, where he served in Asia and the Middle East. During the war, Gardner became an alcoholic. His addiction grew while he attended Cambridge University and...