Limehouse Nights; Tales of Chinatown
by Burke, Thomas
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Grant Richards Limited, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Includes a contemporary TLS from Burke to poet and writer Samuel Loveman in the original mailing envelope. Very Good, lacking the jacket. Brown buckram, a binding variant matching the author's own copy, pushed at the head and foot of the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, a few faint stains on the endpapers and fore-edge, clean otherwise. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone, this is Burke's collection of stories about the Chinatown of London's East End. The unfortunately named story "The Chink and the Child" was adapted into a 1919 D.W. Griffith film. The letter included is addressed to Samuel Loveman, who was a poet in his own right and a good friend of H.P. Lovecraft. Burke compliments Loveman's poetry, offers to write a favorable review of his new book, then turns his attention to the busisness practices of American publisher Robert McBride.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5235
- Title
- Limehouse Nights; Tales of Chinatown
- Author
- Burke, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Grant Richards Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- Thriller, Mystery Fiction, Horror, London, Books to Film
Terms of Sale
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Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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