GHOST STORIES AND OTHER QUEER TALES.
London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., n.d., [1931]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-256, original black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange. First collected edition. An omnibus volume combining UNCANNY STORIES (1916) and MORE UNCANNY STORIES (1918), which in turn were selected from PEARSON'S NOVEL MAGAZINE. Includes two early stories by noted mystery writer Roy Vickers; also a death premonition story by Theo. Douglas (Mrs. H. D. Everett). Routine commercial work of World War I-era. On the plus side, it should be noted that these are stories seldom encountered elsewhere. "Mostly crude horror." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 690. Bleiler (1978), p. 7. Reginald 05932. Small bookstore label affixed to lower front paste down, penciled name and address to verso of front free end paper, pages age darkening with some foxing to first few leaves, a very good or better copy in a good pictorial dust jacket with chipping to corners, chip to lower front panel and lower left front corner, head of spine chipped at corners affecting the GH in GHOST, cut out to center of spine panel where the price was printed. An uncommon book, the jacket is scarce. (25043). Item #25043
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