MORE LIMEHOUSE NIGHTS.
New York: George H. Doran Company, [1921]. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] 11-282 [283-286: blank] [note: first and last two leaves are blanks], original pictorial orange cloth, front panel stamped in red and black, spine panel stamped in black. First U. S. edition. Published earlier in Britain as WHISPERING WINDOWS: TALES OF THE WATERSIDE (1921). Burke's second collection of Limehouse stories, sequel to LIMEHOUSE NIGHTS (1916). Includes one supernatural tale, "The Scarlet Shoes." [Reference: Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 46. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 120. Bleiler (1948), p. 66. Hubin (1994), p. 119. Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 15]. Some age darkening to text paper, darkening to spine and edges of front and rear panels adjacent to spine, a good to very good copy. (23044). Item #23044
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