THE EERIE BOOK.
London: J. Shiells & Co., 1898. Tall octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-4] 5-211 [212: colophon] [note: inserted plates are included as part of publisher's pagination], fifteen inserted plates with illustrations by W. B. Macdougall, title page printed in orange and black, original pictorial white buckram, front and spine panels stamped in black, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition, first issue. Collects sixteen stories and extracts from longer works by Edgar Allan Poe, Catherine Crowe, Mary Shelley, and others. "The three stories by Mrs. Crowe ... come from her GHOSTS AND FAMILY LEGENDS (1858), which is almost impossible to find." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 41. Bleiler (1978), p. 10. Reginald 00490. Neat inked name to upper corner of front free end paper, some soiling to front and rear covers, spine somewhat darkened with slight wear to the ends. An above average copy of this attractive Victorian anthology of weird tales. (27961). Item #27961
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