THE WOODEN WOMAN.
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1930. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-320, original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in yellow, top edge stained blue-gray, yellow coated endpapers. First edition. Ghost novel of a haunted ship, the sins of the fathers drive descendants to reenact past tragedy. Familiar material handled with flair and sensitivity, doom-laden atmosphere builds inexorably to final catastrophe. One of the better maritime horror novels. [Reference: Bleiler (1978), p. 194. Reginald 14189]. Gift inscription to front free end paper, touch of wear to corner tips and spine ends, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with foxing to front panel and mild age darkening to spine panel with a touch of wear to spine ends. (25510). Item #25510
Price: $75.00