Kyffin-Taylor (Bessie) From out of the Silence
£750
London, Books Limited, [1920].
First edition. 8vo. Original blind-tooled blue cloth.
An uncommon collection of weird & supernatural tales, including: a recovering soldier has a terrible experience when he disregards his host’s injunction to stay indoors after dark… a woman is haunted by the ghost of a child… two twins share a terrible destiny… a brother and sister find their holiday disturbed when they engage rooms at a haunted inn…
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Some even toning to text block; covers a little marked.
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