THE SHADOW OF ASHLYDYAT ... In Three Volumes. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 1863. Octavo, three volumes: pp. [i-iii] iv [1] 2-354; [i-iii] iv [1] 2-341 [342: printer's imprint]; [i-iii] iv [1] 2-324, publisher's brown cloth, front and rear panels ruled in blind, spine panel lettered in gold and ruled in blind, edges untrimmed, cream coated endpapers. First edition, first printing. Sensation novel with criminous and supernatural elements; family curse, haunted ancestral home, etc. "THE SHADOW OF ASHLYDYAT (1863) is more of a ghost story than anything the author had previously written, the title referring to a mysterious shadow that appears whenever any misfortune is about to befall the Godolphin family. The work was the author's favorite, although such gothic themes did not usually suit her." - Sutherland, Victorian Fiction, pp. 678-679. "Very competent popular literature of the day." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1733. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 502. Hubin (1994), p. 876. Sadleir 3360. Wolff 7292. Front hinge of volume I cracked, cover hanging on by it binding thread, hairline crack along inner front hinge of volume II but still holding tight, top edge of pages dusty, some scattered soiling to text pages, mostly finger marking, a good copy. (#179070).
Price: $950.00
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