IT BREATHED DOWN MY NECK: A SELECTION OF STORIES. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, [1946]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-219 [220: blank], original brick red cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. "Collection of eighteen whimsical fantasies, with some political allegories and much anthropomorphism. Light, amiable material." - Robert Knowlton. Published later in the United States as EDNA'S FRUIT HAT AND OTHER STORIES (1946). Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1350. Bleiler (1978), p. 162. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). A very good copy in fair (but substantially complete) dust jacket with some wear at edges, several internal mends with archival tape, and staining and dust soiling to rear panel. (#118877).
Price: $25.00
"First published 1946" on copyright page.