MY TUSSLE WITH THE DEVIL AND OTHER STORIES. New York: I. M. Y. Company, 1918. Octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-7 [8] 9-10 [11-12] 13-197 [198-200: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. A collection of sketches and short stories (plus a few short poems), all supposedly channeled from O. Henry (who died in 1910). Most of the stories make use of the enhanced spirituality of the deceased author, and are supernatural in one way or another. The book belongs in that tiny sub-genre of works supposedly transcribed from the spirits of dead authors. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 27. Bleiler (1978), p. 150. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 H-510. BAL, v. 7, p. 167. Previous owner's signature on front free end paper. Just a touch of rubbing at spine ends and corner tips, a bright, fine copy. (#129121).

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