THE WRONG ENVELOPE AND OTHER STORIES. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1906. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] [vii-viii] [1-2] 3-248 + 8-page publisher's catalogue dated "C.5.5.'06" on page [8] inserted at rear, publisher's decorated burgundy cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge gilt. First edition. A mixed collection of short fiction including "A Strange Messenger, a ghost story. Also includes "A Ghost of the Pampas," a posthumously published ghost story by Molesworth's son, Bevil. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1188. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 368. Hubin (1994), p. 579. Publisher's "presentation copy" stamp on the title page. Several spots and rubs to cloth, mainly on the front cover, foxing and faint damp staining to the endpapers, a good copy with clean interior and bright cover stamping. (#172071).
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