NIGHT WATCHES. London, New York, Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton, [1914]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi [vii-viii] [1-2] 3-247 [248: printer's imprint], six inserted plates with illustrations by Stanley Davis, publisher's pictorial brick red cloth, front panel stamped in black, spine panel stamped in black and gold. First edition. Signed by Jacobs on the half title page. A collection of Jacobs' seaport fiction, including two of his best weird tales, "The Three Sisters," and "The Vigil." Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 898. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 229. Tuck, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1974), p. 239 Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-115. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 280. Bleiler (1978), p. 108. Cloth rubbed at spine ends, corner tips and along outer front joint, gold lettering dull, inner rear hinge cracked but still holding tight, a sound, very good copy. Signed copies of this book are rare. (#177764).
Price: $1,000.00
"Printed in 1914" on copyright page. Note: later printings have no date or printing statement on verso of title leaf.