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JIMBO: A FANTASY..
by Blackwood, Algernon
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Spine panel a trifle faded, else a fine copy in printed dust jacket with some shallow chipping at head and tail of spine panel,
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1909. First edition. Spine panel a trifle faded, else a fine copy in printed dust jacket with some shallow chipping at head and tail of spine panel, top edge of rear panel, and upper corners. A very attractive copy of a scarce book. (10235). Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-vi] vii-ix [x] [1-2] 3-258 [259-260: ads] [note: first leaf is a blank], original decorated red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind. The author's fourth book and first novel, preceded by three collections of short fiction. "Jimbo is one of the best of Blackwood's studies of the peculiar horrors and ecstasies of childhood." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 178. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, pp. 36-7. Bleiler (1978), p. 24. Reginald 01391. Ashley A.4.1.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10235
- Title
- JIMBO: A FANTASY..
- Author
- Blackwood, Algernon
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine panel a trifle faded, else a fine copy in printed dust jacket with some shallow chipping at head and tail of spine panel,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1909
- Keywords
- Horror
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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