SOME GHOST STORIES
by Burrage, A[lfred] M[cLelland]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Some foxing to prelims and last leaf, mild wear to spine ends and corners, a very good copy. (11450)
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
[London]: Cecil Palmer, [1927]. First edition. Some foxing to prelims and last leaf, mild wear to spine ends and corners, a very good copy. (11450). Octavo, [1-2] [i-iv] vvii [viii] 1-276 [277-78], original black cloth, front and spine stamped in white, bottom edge untrimmed. The first of Burrage's two collections of weird fiction (the other was SOMEONE IN THE ROOM [1931] published under the pseudonym "Ex-Private X"). "Burrage's underrated short stories are deft and subtle, and include a number of poignant posthumous fantasies." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-43. "The best stories in SOME GHOST STORIES and SOMEONE IN THE ROOM are intelligent, well crafted, and imaginative..." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 64.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11450
- Title
- SOME GHOST STORIES
- Author
- Burrage, A[lfred] M[cLelland]
- Book Condition
- Used - Some foxing to prelims and last leaf, mild wear to spine ends and corners, a very good copy. (11450)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Cecil Palmer
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Date Published
- [1927]
- Keywords
- Horror . SC
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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