TONGUES OF FIRE AND OTHER SKETCHES ...
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, MCMXXIV (1924). Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-311 [312: blank] [313-320: ads], original pictorial yellow-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, publisher's monogram stamped in black on rear panel. First edition. Collects twenty stories and a sketch. [Reference: Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, pp. 36-7. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 192. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 215. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 38-40. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-40. Bleiler (1978), p. 25. Reginald 01410. Ashley A.23.1]. Inked name and date to front free end paper, offsetting to free end papers, light foxing to page edges, a fine copy in a very good 7/6 dust jacket (illustrated by Philip Simmonds) with a small 'v' chip to upper right front panel, small chip to lower right front corner, 38 mm closed tear to lower left front corner with creases, chips at upper spine panel affecting a bit of the title lettering, long closed tear to rear panel. (30749). Item #30749
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