Library book-label to front pastedown; a very good copy, with only the mildest rubbing to extremities.
Stephens (Riccardo) The Prince and the Undertaker
£250
and what they undertook
London, Sands & Co., 1898.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt.
A collection of stories told over seven days by various narrators, including a longer, nautical tale, ‘The Voyage of the Lethe’, told by a barber. Other tales include intriguing titles like ‘Wanted, a Corpse,’ ‘The Witch’s Dance,’ and ‘The Spoiled Spell,’ many with some modest supernatural content. A rare book by the author of the 1912 weird mystery novel, The Mummy.
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