Strange Stories
by Algernon Blackwood
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$377.01A$339.31
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. The first edition of this collection of short and unusual tales by Algernon Blackwood, one of the most prolific authors of ghost stories in the genre. The first edition of this chilling collection. A first edition thus, collecting twenty-six previously published short stories which Blackwood considered his best.This collection includes such stories as 'The Man Whom the Trees Loved', 'The Sea Fit', 'The Wings of Horus', 'The Little Beggar' and 'The Deferred Appointment'.With a former owner's inscription, reading 'Doris, 1931' to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bump to back strip head, otherwise externally excellent. Small loss of paper to head of front pastedown. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 904F19
- Title
- Strange Stories
- Author
- Algernon Blackwood
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Strange Stories The Doll and One Other Algernon Henry Blackwood The Doll and One Other
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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