THE SOUL OF HENRY HARRINGTON AND OTHER STORIES. Cleveland, Ohio: [Press of The Gardner Printing Co.], 1916. Octavo, pp. [1-12] 13-128 [129-132: blank] [note: first and last two leaves are blanks], six inserted plates with illustrations by William J. Brownlow, original pictorial maroon faux leather over boards, front panel stamped in gold and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, rear panel ruled in blind, gray endpapers, fore-edge untrimmed. First edition. Presentation copy with signed inscription by Bunts on the front free endpaper. A privately printed collection of short fiction by a Cleveland physician. Includes at least two science fiction horror stories, "The Soul of Henry Harrington," in which a scientist discovers the abiding place of the soul and is possessed by the spirit of the man whose nervous system he has just dissected, and "A Japanese Hell," a lost race story of demons underground. Bleiler (1978), p. 34. Teitler 179. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 B-1193. Binding worn at edges with shallow loss of the faux leather at the upper spine end, a couple of small spots and rubs to cover, a sound, good copy. (#171333).
Price: $100.00
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