Walpole (Hugh) Above the Dark Circus.
£125
An Adventure
London, Macmillan, 1931.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A very nice first edition of this weird & supernatural tale, with the puzzle element of the whodunnit – all wrapped up in one unsettling and uncanny whole.
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Internally very good; small closed tear with resultant creasing to head of spine, but overall a very attractive example.
Jacket artwork by Leo P. Dowd.
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