STRANGE TALES OF PERIL AND ADVENTURE. London: The Religious Tract Society, n.d. [1901?]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5[6] 7 [8] 9-332 [note: title leaf is an inserted leaf conjugate with frontispiece, both of which are included in the publisher's pagination], 23 inserted plates including frontispiece, original pictorial brown cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gray, black and gold. First edition. Nineteen short stories, most with historical settings. "The Crimson Chamber" and "A Night in the Old Oak Chamber" are rationalized ghost stories. "The Forlorn Shop" is a novelette of crime. Free endpapers tanned, preliminaries and fore-edge of text block foxed, else a fine copy of a handsome book. (#113147).
Price: $100.00
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