title: The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street
author:  Helene Hanff 
description: &#8220;A charmer. Will beguile an hour of your time and put you in touch with mankind.&#8221; (<em>New York Times</em>)
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  ALSO BY HELENE HANFF  
  
  
  Apple of My Eye  
  
  
  The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street  
  
  
  Q’s Legacy  
  
  
  Underfoot in Show Business
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Introduction by ANNE BANCROFT
  
  
  
  
  
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  MOYER BELL LIMITED  
  
  
  MT.KISCO, NEW YORK
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Published by Moyer Bell Limited
  
  
  
  
  
  First published in the United States of America by Grossman Publishers.
  Copyright © Helene Hanff, 1970. This edition reprinted by arrangement with
  Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc.
  
  
  
  
  
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