EAST OF SUEZ. London: Anthony Treherne & Co. Limited, 3 Agar Street, Charing Cross, 1901. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi-viii] [1] 2-311 [312: printer's imprint], publisher's burgundy cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, probably a bind up for W. H. Smith & Sons Library whose small binder's ticket is affixed to the rear paste-down. First edition. "Mixed collection of Anglo-Indian tales, eight supernatural; ghosts, death premonitions, and were-hyena. Nicely done, with excellent local color." - Robert Knowlton. Includes three stories, "Caulfield's Crime," "Chunia, Ayah" and "In the Next Room" reprinted in THE SISTRUM AND OTHER GHOST STORIES (Sarob Press 2001). Gupta 1592. Bleiler (1978), p. 156. Reginald 11322. Several mild rubs to cloth, mostly along outer joints, a bright, tight, very good copy. A lovely copy of a scarce book. (#172003).
Price: $650.00
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