COLD HARBOUR. London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, [1924]. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] 1-286 [287-288: ads], publisher's blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange. First edition. A "subtle" and "artistic" novel of supernatural horror "told with singular skill through the juxtaposed narratives of the several characters ... in which an ancient house of strange malignancy is powerfully delineated." - Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature, p. 79. "The sort of story that E. F. Benson might have written, but more skillfully handled." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1748. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-218. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 214. Reginald 15737. NCBEL IV 782. Owner's name and address written in ink on the front free endpaper. A fine copy in very good later issue dust jacket (3/6 price sticker on spine panel) with wear, short tears and creases along top and bottom edges and dust soiling to the rear panel. (#172359).
Price: $750.00
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