TALES IN PROSE & VERSE, AND DRAMAS. London: King, Sell & Olding, Ltd., 1906. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-vii [viii] [1] 2-259 [260-261: blank] i-vii: ads, twelve inserted plates with illustrations by the author, his son, and T. Hasted Heath, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, all edges untrimmed. First edition. Variant binding, probably the first issue. "Mid-Victorian supernatural tales, collected in a posthumous memorial volume privately published. The author wrote professionally on scientific subjects; these amateur efforts are no better than they ought to be." - Robert Knowlton. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 108. Bleiler (1978), p. 97. Reginald 07021. Hubin (1994), p. 388. Cloth sunned, rubbed and scuffed, mild scattered foxing in text, a tight, very good copy. (#156900).
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