THE FOLLY OF EUSTACE AND OTHER STORIES. London: William Heinemann, 1896. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-3] 4-263 [264: blank] + publisher's 32-page catalogue inserted at rear, original burgundy cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold, publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear panel, top edge untrimmed. First edition. The author's first collection of short fiction, six stories, including the novelette "The Return of the Soul," in which the soul of a murdered cat is reincarnated in a young woman. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 806. Bleiler (ed), Supernatural Fiction Writers, p. 416. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 203. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 255. Small book label of Easton Neston affixed to the front paste-down. A few mild rubs to cloth, light foxing to page edges, a tight, bright, nearly fine copy. (#171073).
Price: $350.00
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