MIDNIGHT HOUSE AND OTHER TALES.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1910. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v [vi] [1-2] 3-243 [244: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], title page printed in red and black, original decorated olive green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. First edition. The presumed first binding, this variant with fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Harvey's first short story collection, with many tales of the weird and supernatural. "It is usually difficult to distinguish the real situations from the disintegrating minds of Harvey's characters. Feverish moods and the unclear nature of personal relationships are the essential elements of his world. From the obsessive to the whimsical, William Fryer Harvey remains an excellent craftsman throughout the corpus of his engaging, sardonic fantasies." - Bleiler (ed), Supernatural Fiction Writers, p. 595. [Reference: Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Literature, pp. 88-9. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-81. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 193-194. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature III, pp. 1532-35. See Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 768. See Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-115. Bleiler (1978), p. 95. Reginald 06886]. Offsetting to front and rear end papers, ink stamp to front free end paper "FILE" (publisher's copy), clean contents with no foxing which is common to this book, a very good to nearly fine copy. (31847). Item #31847
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