Lee (Vernon, pseud. Violet Paget) Hauntings.

Fantastic Stories
London, Heinemann, 1890.

First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth.

“One of the landmarks of Victorian supernatural fiction” (Bleiler).

A collection of four of Paget’s stories: “Amour Dure,” “Dionea,” “Oke of Okehurst; or, the Phantom Lover,” and “A Wicked Voice.” The presentation copy described in Wolff’s bibliography of 19th century literature includes Paget’s inscription that “This first edition of Hauntings is extremely valuable – far more than the book itself, alas! – because almost immediately after printing the whole edition (i.e. all except author’s and press copies) was burnt in a warehouse”.