Item #24963 CARNACKI THE GHOST FINDER. William Hope Hodgson.

CARNACKI THE GHOST FINDER.

London: Eveleigh Nash, 1913. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vii [viii-x] 11-287 [288: ad], + 16-page publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, original red cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold, rear panel stamped in blind. First edition. Copies of this book were issued with and without a 16-page publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, priority (if any) unknown. This copy has the catalogue. Six stories featuring Carnacki, an occult detective. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-89. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 819. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 114. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 193-96. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 204. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-104. Bleiler (1978), p. 101. Reginald 07278. Queen's Quorum 53. Hubin (1994), p. 407. Partial bookplate from W. H. Smith library affixed to front paste down and two ink stamps to same, some light foxing, front corners a bit bumped, slight dullness to red color of spine. A lovely, bright, above average copy, from the Otto Penzler collection. (24963). Item #24963

Price: $6,500.00