Phillpotts (Eden) Lycanthrope.
£225
The Mystery of Sir William Wolf
New York, The Macmillan Company, 1938.
First US edition, first printing. 8vo. Original grey cloth decorated in black. Dust-jacket, priced $2.00.
Sir William Wolf begins to think he is turning into a werewolf and finds many signs pointing in that direction… Listed in Wilson’s Shadows in the Attic and Hubin’s Crime Fiction IV. Both the UK first edition and this US first edition are known to be scarce.
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Cloth a little rubbed, but overall very good; jacket rubbed with some wear and loss, notably to head of spine.
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