THE CITY LIES FOUR-SQUARE: A NOVEL ...
London: [1939]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-290, original red cloth, spine stamped in gold. First edition. A young couple purchase a book of poetry only to find that the cottage they move into is haunted by the dead poet. The first of her two supernatural novels. "A rather sentimental haunted house novel..." - Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 403. The author's third novel, she is better known for her mystery fiction under the "Ellis Peters" pseudonym. [Reference: Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1287. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 88. Bleiler (1978), p. 154. Reginald 11175]. Small bookseller ticket affixed to front pasted down, inked name and date to front free end paper, tanning to end papers and text block, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with wear and shallow chips to corners, small closed tear to upper front panel, wear to spine ends with tiny tears to upper panel and a small chip to lower panel affection publisher lettering, closed tear along lower spine and down lower front spine fold, several tiny tears to rear panel. (30733). Item #30733
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