Contemporary ownership inscription; cloth slightly sunned at spine and with some minor mottling; jacket slightly worn, spine dulled, but overall VG.
O’Donnell (Elliott) The Devil in the Pulpit
£1,250
London, Denis Archer, [1932].
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth gilt. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
Sinisterly appealing jacket artwork graces this scarce first edition in jacket; classic horror stuff, with a clergyman possessed by the devil. Genuinely rare.
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