Curious Stories; Collected with A Particular View to Counteract the Vulgar Belief in Ghosts and Apparitions

Verlag: James Miller, New York, 1867

Beschreibung

Curious Stories; Collected with A Particular View to Counteract the Vulgar Belief in Ghosts and Apparitions. New York: James Miller, 1867. 12mo: [2] [1-2] 3-192, 12 pages of ads at rear. Publisher's brick red cloth with gilt titled and decorated spine, covers ruled and decorated in blind, pale yellow endpapers. Introduction, 20 stories, and 10 illustrations by F. O. C. Darley. This anthology of ghost stories was first published by Carey and Hart, London in 1846 with the title GHOST STORIES. The first American edition using the same plates was published in 1865 by James Miller and then printed with this title, CURIOUS STORIES in 1867. The stories are collected here in order to disprove that ghosts exist. This copy has some wear and rubbing mostly at spine ends and corners, corners curled inward, first free endpaper darkened and with two horizontal slits. Tissue guard on frontispiece has foxing and a few pages are dog eared. Still a copy that presents well. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 194144

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Curious Stories; Collected with A Particular...

Verlag: James Miller, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1867

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: F. O. C. Darley

Zustand: Very Good