The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by Edward Frederic Benson - 2000-09-01

London : Mills & Boon, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; vii. 338 pages. Subjects; Romance; fiction. Short stories. Anthology. Short story collections. 20th century fiction.

London: Mills & Boon, Limited, [1912]. First edition. Gold spine panel lettering just a trifle dull, top edge of text block a bit dusty, early gift inscription dated 4 April 1912 on front free endpaper, a near fine, bright copy. An excellent copy of a scarce book rarely found in superior condition. (28549). Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] vii [viii] 1-338 [339-344: ads] + 32-page undated publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, original maroon cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear panel, bottom edge untrimmed. Benson's first collection of ghost stories. "By far the best of his four books of ghost stories, this contains seventeen tales, each almost too well-rounded to fault." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 30. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 32. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-17. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 139. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature, p. 81.… Read More