A little toning to text block; small patch of fading to head of cloth spine; dust-jacket with a few chips, including spine ands and corners, otherwise VG.
Jacket artwork by C. Buchel.
£350
London, Eveleigh Nash & Grayson, 1930.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
A scarce weird & supernatural 30s title, rare in the original dust-jacket, with its ominous play on “what the butler saw”.
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A little toning to text block; small patch of fading to head of cloth spine; dust-jacket with a few chips, including spine ands and corners, otherwise VG.
Jacket artwork by C. Buchel.
Weird & Supernatural
a narration of the perilous sojourn therein of George Cowper, mariner, etc.
London, Henry J. Drane, [1897].
First edition. 8vo. Original pictorial light grey-green cloth.
Castaways on uncharted island fall under seemingly supernatural power of life and death held by the Mighty Justin, Lord of the Land of the Living Dead. In fact, the island is permeated by deadly volcanic gas for which Justin alone possesses an antidote that is administered only to loyal subjects. Bleiler p. 78.a
A good copy of a scarce book rarely found in decent condition.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Rider, 1915
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket correctly priced at 6/- on spine.
Paraphrasing the book's preface....''From the abundant records and traditions dealing with the curious belief that certain men and women can transform themselves into animals, the author has collected a number of instances and examples which throw fresh light on the subject both from the point of view of folklore and occultism''
There are chapters on the ''Bush-Soul," on human souls in animal bodies, on animal dances, the "Were-Wolf Trials," on witches, on cat and cock phantoms, on the "Phantasmal Ghost" as well as bird-women.
The book is uncommon without a jacket, it is genuinely rare with one. A remarkable survival.
Rare in jacket.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Jarrolds, 1927. An early edition of Metcalfe's first published book, a collection of macabre tales, including the excellent 'Paper WIndmills'.