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London, 1921,. cloth, spine darkened, head and foot of spine frayed, else very good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
XX STORIES BY XX TELLERS by Wagner, Leopold (editor) - 1895
by Wagner, Leopold (editor)
XX STORIES BY XX TELLERS
by Wagner, Leopold (editor)
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- first
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-ix [x-xi] xii [1] 2-273 [274-276: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], title page printed in red and black, original orange cloth, front panel stamped in red and black, spine panel stamped in black, top edge untrimmed. First edition. Anthology of fiction by current popular authors, such as Barry Pain, George Manville Fenn, W. S. Gilbert, B. L. Farjeon, Robert Barr. The selections are all reprinted from other periodical or book sources. The preface comments briefly on most of them and on the trend in fiction towards brevity. "The Romance of a Melody" by Leopold Wagner is supernatural. Early owner's signature dated "Xmas 99" on the front free endpaper. Cloth rubbed along outer joints and a bit dusty, endpapers a bit tanned, closed tear in upper margin of pages 269/270, a very good copy. Actually a nice copy of an uncommon book seldom found decent condition. (#150988).
- Bookseller L. W. Currey, Inc. (US)
- Book Condition Used
- Quantity Available 1
- Publisher T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1895
- Keywords Supernatural; Victorian Fiction; (Anthology)