East of Mansion House by Burke, Thomas - 1936

New York: George H. Doran, 1926. B" ptg . Hardcover. Very Good+. Tiny remains of gift label FEP, slight wear upper back joint. Attractive! very good+, no dj, black-stamped bright red cloth. Tight 270 pgs

Cassell, 1930. Hardcover. Good. 1930. Popular edition. 269 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Book has slight forward lean.

London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1928. Hardcover, green cloth sans dust-jacket. A sound, internally very clean copy of the first English edition, which followed the American edition by two years. A collection of 12 short stories, all of which were previously published in magazine format. Spine sunned, lightened and slightly cocked and small spot on front board. No name, no book-plate, etc. A good+ reading copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

George H. Doran, January 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair - Cash/No Jacket. Colophon under the copyright date. General surface and edge wear to the cover. Light soiling to the cover. Discoloration to the spine. The corners have been bumped. Boards are exposed in the corners and along the bottom edge of the back cover. The cover is beginning to fray where the boards are showing. The binding has a slight tilt. There's a tear at the top edge of the spine that reveals a bit of the boarding beneath. There are several cracks in the spine throughout the book. Both hinges are broken. An excerpt about the author and the book has been glued to the first free endpage. Previous owner's name inside. Pages show reader and age wear. There are several cracks in the spine throughout the book. There are a few tears in the cracks that are beginning to show the netting. Binding is still tight and pages are secure. **Includes 'Black Country', which was later replaced by 'Uncle Reuben' in the… Read More

New York: Doran, 1926. Hardcover. Good. Later. Good/Hardcover no dustwrapper Very browned with writing on end paper. Cover rubbed with light fading. Light wear on spine ends and corners. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney: Cassell and Company, Ltd., [1928]. First U.K. edition. A very good copy, leaned, spine a bit dull, some edge rubbing. (10196). Octavo, cloth. A collection of twelve stories.

New York: George H. Dean Company. Very Good+. 1926. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light rubbing, bumping and beginning edgewear and fraying. There are a couple of small balck spots of discoloration on the rear panel of the book coer. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy includes the short stories: The Dream of Ah Lum, The Pash, Black Country, White Wings, Crash! , A Spot of Water, The Top of the Stairs, Adventure, Dow, The Purse, The Tablets of the House of Li, and, Jo"Thomas Burke (29 November 1886 – 22 September 1945) was a British author. He was born in Eltham, London (back then still part of Kent). His first successful publication was Limehouse Nights (1916) , a collection of stories centred on life in the poverty-stricken Limehouse district of London. Many of… Read More

New York: George H. Doran Company, [1926]. First edition. Top page edges dusty, inked name to front free end paper, small booksellers' label to lower front paste down, spine a bit dull, mild insect tracking to lower front cover and a bit of rear cover, a very good copy. (22339). Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] [7-8] 9-270 [271-272: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original pictorial red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. Published later in Britain in 1928 by Cassell and Company. Burke's third collection of Limehouse stories. A collection of twelve horror and crime stories including two supernatural tales, "White Wings" and "The Tablets of the House of Li." This edition includes "Black Country," a grotesque auto-erotic suicide tale,"replaced with "Uncle Reuben" in the British edition published by Cassell in 1928. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 46. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 120. Bleiler (1948), p. 66.… Read More

London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., [1928]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo, original gren cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. [270] pp. Spine just a trifle darkened, a clean, very good copy. ¶ Tales of mystery, suspense and horror set in London's Chinatown.

NY: George H. Doran. NF. 1926. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. First U.S. edition bound in red cloth with black blocking and design. A collection of short stories of mystery, horror and suspense set in L ondon's Limehouse district. A near fine copy in a good dust jacket. Th e book has light dust soiling to the edge of the page blocks and mild foxing to the endpapers. The dust jacket is damp stained at the lower 4" of the panels leaving red 'bleed through" on the panels. There is a 1 1/2" chip at the head of the spine and smaller chips at the base of the spine and at the corners. Price has also been clipped from the in side flap. Jacket is servicable but damaged. .