Malden (R.H.) Nine Ghosts
£225
Penyffordd, Chester, Ash-Tree Press, 1995.
One of 300 copies. 8vo. Original dark red cloth. Dust-jacket.
A fine copy of this attractive Ash-Tree Press edition of Malden’s famous ghost stories, originally published in 1943.
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A fine copy, in fine dust-jacket.
Frontispiece portrait.
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