Mrs Riddell, Idle Tales, first edition, 1888
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Mrs Riddell, Idle Tales, first edition, 1888

Riddell (Mrs J.H. [Charlotte]) Idle Tales

£450

London, Ward & Downey, [1888].

First collected edition. 8vo. Original red pictorial cloth lettered in gilt to spine.

“A general collection containing Riddell’s fine supernatural short story, ‘The last of Squire Enmismore’.” (Shadows in the Attic, p.423).

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Some minor toning and marking; cloth corners slightly rolled, spine rubbed, some minor marking to upper cover.

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