ON THE EDGE: SHORT STORIES. London: Faber & Faber Limited, [1930]. Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix [x] xi [xii] 1-331 [332], illustrated with wood-engravings by Elizabeth Rivers, original decorated red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition. One of 300 numbered large paper copies signed by de la Mare. Collects eight stories including the excellent supernatural tales, "A Recluse," "Crewe" and "The Green Room." Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, pp. 65-6. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 505. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 291. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 117-21. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-88. Bleiler (1978), p. 59. A touch of rubbing to gilt, else a fine copy without dust jacket as issued. Housed in a custom red cloth slipcase. (#75347).
Price: $250.00
No statement of printing on copyright page. "THIS EDITION WHICH HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE / AUTHOR IS LIMITED TO THREE HUNDRED / NUMBERED COPIES..." on limitation page.