Phillpotts (Eden) Loup-Garou!
£250
London, Sands & Co., 1899.
First edition. 8vo. Title printed in red & black. Original (variant?) dark-green cloth illustrated in red and lettered in gilt.
Scarce first edition of this collection of ten short stories by Eden Phillpotts, all set in the Caribbean and most turning on supernatural themes. Published as part of the Universal Library, though this copy’s binding does not declare it. Phillpotts, a poet and dramatist, was a friend of Agatha Christie, who dedicated Peril at End House to him.
In stock
Toning to pages, heavier at margins, some marking; cloth rubbed at edges but overall very good.
Frontispiece by Gulich, with tissue-guard.
Bookplate of American medical artist, illustrator & writer Henry M.Eichner (1909-71), designed by Eichner.
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