TENEBRAE. A NOVEL. London: Skeffington & Son, 1898. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v -vi [vii-viii] [1] 2-329 [331: blank] [331: "list of publications"] [332] + 8-page publisher's catalogue dated "Spring Season 1898," title page printed in red and black, original pictorial green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown and black, publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear panel, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, white endpapers with floral pattern printed in green. First edition. A psychological horror novel of madness, substance abuse, murder and arachnophobia in which a man who has murdered his brother is haunted by his victim in the guise of a giant spider. An incredibly grim tale by this once popular author, best known for his regional fiction, who also published novels under the pen name John Trevena. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 558. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 61. Wolff 3151. A fine copy. A lovely copy of a rare book. (#170713).
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