Stoker (Bram) Under the Sunset
£250
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1882.
Second edition. 8vo. Original green cloth lettered and ruled in gilt, edges gilt.
The uncommon cloth-bound second edition, the work having been published the previous year, but here furnished with new and revised illustrations. A collection of fantasy stories set in a magical land called the Land Under the Sunset, which is located beyond the horizon.
In stock
Large prize inscription to verso of front fly-leaf, some light foxing; cloth rubbed at extremities, softened at head of spine.
Illustrations by W. Fitzgerald and W. V. Cockburn.
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