Maby (Joseph Cecil) By Stygian Waters
£1,250
London, The Houghton Publishing Co., 1933.
First edition. Initialled presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt. Dust-jacket, priced 5/-.
A known scarcity, especially in the extremely rare jacket and, as in this case, initialled & inscribed by the author. A great little collection of weird & supernatural tales by paranormal investigator Maby: “A rare work of uneven quality, dedicated to the unlikely combination of M.R. James and Edgar Allan Poe.” (Shadows in the Attic, p.334)
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Cloth slightly dulled at spine with some minor fading; a couple of small stains and tape-burns to jacket at head of spine, with other light patches of tape burn at fore-corners, but overall a very good example that presents really well.
Jacket artwork by the author.
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