THE BOTTLE IMP. [San Marino, California: Huntington Library and Art Gallery], 1955. Octavo, eleven illustrations by Bruno Goldschmitt recreated as etchings by Paul Maedje, book design by Ward Ritchie, publisher's imitation leather backed marbled boards. First printing of this edition. A separate printing a classic nineteenth-century supernatural fantasy. "Nicely told" – Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1534. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 167. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 2-92. Bleiler (ed), Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror, p. 310. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 403. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature IV, pp. 1701-02. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-228. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 456. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. (#170765).
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