THE BROKEN FANG AND OTHER EXPERIENCES OF A SPECIALIST IN SPOOKS. London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, n.d. [1920]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] vii [viii] [1] 2-303 [304: blank], original gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. A rare collection of short fiction featuring occult investigator Professor Arnold Rhymer, M.D., and Inspector Brown of the C.I.D. Five longish, well-developed stories that hit expected notes of interest for both the weird tale and the detective story. "The Broken Fang" is a vampire story. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 949. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 128. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 304. Bleiler (1978), p. 114. Reginald 08229. Carter, The Vampire in Literature (1989), p. 73. Not in Cox. Slight spine lean, cloth just a bit dusty, top edge of pages tanned, but overall a clean, tight, nearly fine copy. (#156014).
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