Maby (Joseph Cecil) By Stygian Waters
£375
London, The Houghton Publishing Co., 1933.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth.
Extremely scarce 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)
Out of stock
A little sunned, otherwise VG.
Bleiler p.128.
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