THE PURPLE SAPPHIRE AND OTHER POSTHUMOUS PAPERS SELECTED FROM THE UNOFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COSMOPOLI by BLAYRE, Christopher Edward Heron-Allen - 1921

[London]: Philip Allan, 1932. Enlarged edition. Lending library label affixed to front paste down ("Ideal" book club), abrasion to rear paste down, cloth soiled and stained, spine age darkened, a sound good copy with solid contents. An as new facsimile dust jacket is included. (28189). Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-271 [272: blank], original blue-green cloth, spine panel stamped in black. New edition of THE PURPLE SAPPHIRE (1921) with four additional stories. "Collection of stories supposedly 'selected from the unofficial records of the University of Cosmopoli' by its 'sometime registrar' -- the mock introduction is dated 1952 ... The stories (not all supernatural) are satirical, mocking the gentility and earnestness of the academic school of supernatural writing developed by M. R. James ... The ironic wit is not to everyone's taste, but these are among the best satirical weird tales." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-28. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, pp. 92-3. Bleiler, The Guide to… Read More

London: Philip Allan, 1932. First edition. . Hardcover. Good/Fair. Signed and dated by the author to former owner on half title page. Front panel and front flap of jacket pasted in. Creasing to spine cloth expertly flattened and closed; tanning to spine. Supernatural stories.

Nubiana: Tip. Sorelle Nessuno, 1934. First edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. No. 21 of only 100 copies, with presentation inscription by the author on limitation page dated Dec. 1934. This collection being "the Final Selection from "the Strange Papers of Doctor Blayre." Paper cover boards with mild wear, very good.