Item #10197 THE PLEASANTRIES OF OLD QUONG. Thomas Burke.

THE PLEASANTRIES OF OLD QUONG.

London: Constable & Co, Ltd., [1931]. Octavo, orange cloth, spine stamped in blue. First edition. "A series of horror, crime and supernatural tales mostly set in London's Chinatown..." - Wilson, Shadows in the Attic: A Guide to British Supernatural Fiction, 1820-1950, p. 120. An important Burke collection which contains a story of which Ellery Queen in Queen's Quorum (p. 66) writes "the author's detective masterpiece, The Hands of Mr. Ottermole. This short story, the last word in the evocation of atmosphere and terror on the printed page...". (This collection was published in the U.S. as A Tea Shop in Limehouse). A very good copy, with some foxing, small store stamp to front free end paper in a very good minus price clipped dust jacket, corners show tape re-enforcement, one third on spine panel of jacket cut out, not affecting any title lettering, some mild rubbing and edge wear. Uncommon, especially so in jacket. (10197). Item #10197

Price: $450.00

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