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Muspratt (Rosalie, aka Jasper John) Tales of Terror
£950
London, Henry Walker, 1931.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth.
Muspratt wrote two collections of supernatural fiction under the pseudonym ‘Jasper John.’ The first, Sinister Stories (1930), was followed by Tales of Terror in 1931.
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Some foxing; a little minor rubbing and marking.
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