Benson (E.F.) More Spook Stories
£1,950
London, Hutchinson, 1934.
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, price removed from spine jacket.
The first edition of this collection of 13 short stories by Benson, comprising: “The Step”, “The Bed by the Window”, “James Lamp”, “The Dance”, “The Hanging of Alfred Wadham”, “Pirates”, “The Wishing-Well”, “The Bath-Chair”, “Monkeys”, “Christopher Comes Back”, “The Sanctuary”, “Thursday Evenings”, “The Psychical Mallards”.
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Cloth very slightly mottled, but overall a very good copy; jacket with price cut from spine, some wear to edges and corners with loss.
Jacket artwork by Youngman Carter.
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