DARK ANN AND OTHER STORIES...
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., [1927]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-333 [334: blank] [335-342: ads] [343-344: blank], original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in light blue. First edition. Mixed collection of short fiction with several supernatural stories, including the title story, “very nicely told with a good balance of sentiment and restraint” (Bleiler) and “The Accident,” “… a neat posthumous fantasy” (Barron) and “… a skillful handling of an old theme” (Bleiler). [Reference: Ashley, Who’s Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 41. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-33. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 246. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 50-1. Bleiler (1978), p. 28. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 95. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Hubin (1994), p. 90]. Foxing to page edges, spine sunned, a very good copy. A scarce book. (27965). Item #27965
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