(#167332) THE GARDEN AT 19. Edgar Jepson.

THE GARDEN AT 19. New York: Wessels & Bissell Co., 1910. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-299 [300: blank], four inserted plates with illustrations by H. B. Boehm, original pictorial olive-green cloth, front panel stamped in blue, white and black, spine panel stamped in white. First U.S. edition, probable first issue. Published earlier in London in 1910 by Mills & Boon Limited as NO. 19. Ancient Greek sorcery practiced in modern suburban London. "Horror thriller suggestive of Arthur Machen's 'The Great God Pan.'" - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 921. "An effective thriller ..." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-109. Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, p. 519. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 123. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 294. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 109. Reginald 07890A. Hubin (1994), p. 442. Cloth lightly rubbed at edges, perishable white enamel lettering on spine panel a bit dull but intact, a very good copy. (#167332).

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