[Doyle (Arthur Conan)] Ghost Stories and Presentiments
£1,250
London, George Redway, [1888].
First edition, second issue. 8vo. Original blue pictorial cloth.
A repackaging of volume 3 of the scarce triple-decker Dreamland and Ghostland (1888) which includes five of the seven Conan Doyle short stories found in that collection (the first appearances by Conan Doyle in book form, preceding A Study in Scarlet). The sales were of the initial collection were poor and the publisher repackaged the sheets in separate volumes with new titles and bindings.
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Some foxing and light marking; upper cover slightly marked, some further marking to lower cover, a little rubbed, but overall a very good, sharp copy.
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