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Bowen (Marjorie) Crimes of Old London
£250
London, Odhams, [1919].
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth.
A notoriously rare collection, including the tale ‘The housekeeper’, subsequently republished as ‘The Confession of Beau Sekforde’.
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An ex-lending library copy with remnants of library label to front free endpaper, abrasion to paper at spine edge of front pastedown, paper toned, with a few marks; spine slightly dulled with some minor fraying to ends.
Shadows in the Attic
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Horror & Gothic
London, The Readers Library, n.d. [c.1935].
First edition thus. Small 8vo. Original cloth, gilt. Dust-jacket, with advertisements printed to reverse.
Originally entitled A Chink in the Armour; a scarce Readers Library edition, in fun jacket.
Horror & Gothic
London, Quality Press, 1946.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 10/6.
An eye-catching first edition recounting the adventures of a ghost hunter. Scarce.
Horror & Gothic
First edition. Includes stories by, E.S. Knights, Hester Gorst, Elliott O'Donnell, John Ratho, Charles Lloyd and others. London, Philip Allan, 1933 In our experience the most elusive of the Creeps series with no copies currently for sale online.
Horror & Gothic
London, Philip Allan & Co. Ltd., 1931.
First edition. 8vo. Original grey cloth.
The third of this author's ghost story anthologies.
Horror & Gothic
a Book of Ghost Stories
London, Philip Allan, 1928.
First edition. 8vo. Woodcut device to title. Original black cloth.
A solid first edition of this collection of tales by a well-respected author, including his celebrated black magic yarn 'He cometh and he Passeth by'; Bleiler called these "excellent stories".