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Supernatural Tales : Excursions Into Fantasy
by Lee, Vernon (Pseud Violet Paget); Willis, I Cooper (intoduction)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
Item Price
€88.61€62.02
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About This Item
London: Peter Owen, 1955. Violet Pagera 1856 - 135. This title was published posthumously. The English writer and translator Montague Summers described Vernon Lee as the greatest writer of the supernatural in fiction. CONDITION Black cloth with crisp gilt title (unworn) 222 pages, sligh dust spotting to title pages o/w bright and crisp as new internally. DJ has light wear to spine ends and tips, not scuffed or price clipped.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15990
- Title
- Supernatural Tales : Excursions Into Fantasy
- Author
- Lee, Vernon (Pseud Violet Paget); Willis, I Cooper (intoduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Peter Owen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction & Fantasy;
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
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- Gilt
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- O/W
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