[various]. 50 Years of Ghost Stories
£250
London, Hutchinson, [1935].
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
A hard to find anthology in the original jacket; the collection includes contributions by Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Violet Hunt, Oliver Onions and others.
In stock
Slight toning to margins; cloth a little bumped but overall very good; jacket with some rubbing to spine ends and fore corners, overall very good.
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