THE SHINING PYRAMID. Chicago: Covici-McGee, 1923. Octavo, pp. [1-12] 1-241 [242-244: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], inserted frontispiece with illustration by Wallace Smith, original decorated black cloth, front panel stamped in gold and ruled in blind, printed paper label affixed to spine panel, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, decorated endpapers. First edition. Limited to 875 numbered copies, this copy not numbered. Collects twenty-two short stories, essays, and sketches with 3-page introduction by editor Vincent Starrett. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural fiction 1077. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 147 (citing the British edition). Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-158. Bleiler (1978), p. 130. Goldstone and Sweetser 23a. Spine label tanned, else a fine copy. Scarce. (#167473).
Price: $250.00
"This is a limited edition of 875 copies of which / 850 copies are for sale and this copy is / No. [holograph number inserted]" on copyright page.