Titles starting with D from Elegant Horrors

First and only edition of this rare haunted house novel from Marjorie Bowen, published as a paperback in Ernest Benn's 'Ninepenny Novels' series. A very good copy in original decorative paper wrappers. ... more information

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First edition, original blue cloth with black titles. 343pp plus 6pp rear adverts. Pictorial dw featuring the devil gazing down upon a knight on horseback. The book has some trivial water staining to some of the edges, the endpapers are acid-spotted and rather dirty, the lower text block is foxed. The binding is sturdy, the hinges strong and uncracked, and the interior clean and bright. The dw is in original unrestored state and has a browned spine, some chipping and general wear. The front panel is clean a... more information

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Original green cloth with black spine titles. 280pp. Spine lightly toned else a sharp and bright copy. Although Bowen's 'The Devil Snar'd' was also published as an Ernest Benn paperback in the 1930s, this two-novella book is the only way to access 'Dr Chaos'. ... more information

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Orig pictorial black and red cloth with gilt titles. 390pp lower edge untrimmed. Spine ends a little frayed, closed splits to spine edges repaired (with slight show-through), a few fox spots to preliminary pages. A very good copy excepting the spine repair. The last Constable imprint featured three variant designs: two "deluxe" bindings with elaborate cloth covers and good quality paper (of which this is one) and a cheaper "trade" edition with red boards and black petal design, printed on cheap easily-brown... more information

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Origial dark stipled navy-blue cloth with gilt spine and front cover titles. 268pp + 4pp rear ads. Purports to be an account of a journey into the supernatural world as dictated to Edward Huntington by Edward Stanton. Actually it is a bizarre novel recounting the experiences of someone who travels into the supernatural world via dreams, encountering elementals, vampires, ghosts etc in addition to the spirits of dead people who recount their harrowing histories to the author. The book has been signed in ink ... more information

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Original green cloth with floral art nouveau blindstamped design to front cover and gilt titles to spine. 290pp plus rear catalogue. VG. A murder mystery investigated by the opium-smoking dilettante detective, Sir Nigel Lacaitia. ... more information

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First edition. Original pictorial beige cloth depicting a woman's face emerging from the smoke of a cauldron cooking on a fire. Orange and white titles to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. 222pp plus 12pp rear adverts. Ink inscription to front endpaper, foxing to tissue-guarded frontispiece, rubbing to spine ends, a very good copy. Sensational fiction i.e. adultery and murder. ... more information

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