TALES BY DOUGLAS JERROLD NOW FIRST COLLECTED. With a Biographical Notice by J. Logie Robertson. London: William Paterson & Co. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1891. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iii] iv [v] vi-xviii [1] 2-372, flyleaves at front and rear, inserted frontispiece (portrait of Jerrold), original three quarter maroon cloth with floral patterned side panels, spine panel stamped in gold, t.e.g., bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. The Lippincott issue with their imprint at bottom of spine panel. Part of the "Treasure House of Tales" series. Collects eighteen stories, including fantastic fiction. The 90-page "Twiddlethumb Town" is a kind of ironic fairy tale. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978), Day (1963), or Reginald (1979; 1992). NCBEL III 1149. Wolff 3676. A bright, fine copy. (#112410).
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