THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM ...
London: W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd., n.d., [1925]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-190 [191-192: ads], original purple cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. Second edition, abridged. This edition was heavily abridged and partly rewritten. "The Freudian, bloodcurdling LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM features a monstrous worm secreted for thousands of years in a bottomless well and able to metamorphose into a woman. It has several parallels to DRACULA (with Sir Nathaniel de Salis assuming the Van Helsing role) and contains some of Stoker's most graphic and grisly moments of horror." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 406. [Reference: Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, pp. 167-68. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-190. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1550. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 207. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-236. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 187. Reginald 13731. Dalby 21c]. Small bookseller ticket to lower front paste down, offsetting to half title page and last page of ads, foxing to page edges and some throughout text block, upper corners slightly bruised, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a small chip to the upper right front corner, small closed tears to upper and lower left corners, small chip and light wear to base of spine panel. A very nice copy of a cheaply made book which is quite uncommon in decent condition and with dust jacket. (30732). Item #30732
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