Elliott (Francis Perry) The Haunted Pajamas
£195
New York, Bobbs Merrill, 1911..
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth blocked in white. Dust-jacket.
Scarce, Reginald-listed weird & supernatural title.
In stock
Cloth slightly faded at head of spine; jacket chipped (and possibly crudely price-clipped) with some loss.
Jacket artwork by Edward Frederic.
Reginald, Science fiction and fantasy literature.
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