Mansford (Charles J.) Shafts from an Eastern Quiver
£250
London, George Newnes, 1894.
First edition. 8vo. Advertisements, patterned endpapers. Original decorative cloth.
A collection of linked stories of a supernatural bent, originally published serially in The Strand, here collected for the first time. The author would go on to garner relative acclaim for his Haggard-esque Under the Naga Banner (1896), and lost-race tale The Great Green Serpent (1926).
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Slightly rubbed, but overall a very good copy.
Frontispiece and illustrations by Arthur Pearse.
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