Hodgson, William Hope. THE BOATS OF THE 'GLEN CARRIG' . London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1907. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-312, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. The author's elusive first book. "... an exciting, powerful, scary book ... one of the most effective horror stories of the sea ..." - Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 143-45. "... one of the most distinctive and imaginative Gothic fantasies of the twentieth century." - Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, pp. 96-7. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, pp. 94-5. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-88. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1103. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 423. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 113. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 203-04. Tymn (ed) Horror Literature 3-103. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 101. Reginald 07277. Cloth worn at spine ends and lower corner tips, cloth rubbed along outer joints, mild tanning to front and rear free endpapers, half title and title leaves, and last leaf of text, but still a very good, bright copy. Overall, an above average copy of a book that is rarely found in nice condition. (#129263)