The Lady of the Barge. [Illustrated by M. Greiffenhagen and J. Sullivan]. [Third Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY
by JACOBS W.W
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers,, 1903. 8vo., Third Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 11 plates, some faint browning to endpapers, small contemporary signature on blank preliminary verso; original terracotta cloth, upper board elaborately blocked and lettered in black, backstrip lettered in gilt and blocked in black, uncut, a near fine copy. Published a year after the first edition. This classic collection of twelve short stories includes the first appearance of 'The Monkey's Paw', widely acclaimed as one of the finest short horror stories ever written. Very scarce, especially in this condition. Bleiler 896; NCBEL IV, p.621 (recording the first edition).
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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21082
- Title
- The Lady of the Barge. [Illustrated by M. Greiffenhagen and J. Sullivan]. [Third Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY
- Author
- JACOBS W.W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers,
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- modern firsts, jacobs, short stories, horror, supernatural, fantasy, the monkeys paw, greiffenhagen, sullivan, w.w. jacobs, modern first editions, lady, barge
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