MORE LIMEHOUSE NIGHTS
by Burke, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Some age darkening to text paper, darkening to spine and edges of front and rear panels adjacent to spine, a good to very good c
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: George H. Doran Company, [1921]. First U. S. edition. Some age darkening to text paper, darkening to spine and edges of front and rear panels adjacent to spine, a good to very good copy. (23044). Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] 11-282 [283-286: blank] [note: first and last two leaves are blanks], original pictorial orange cloth, front panel stamped in red and black, spine panel stamped in black. Published earlier in Britain as WHISPERING WINDOWS: TALES OF THE WATERSIDE (1921). Burke's second collection of Limehouse stories, sequel to LIMEHOUSE NIGHTS (1916). Includes one supernatural tale, "The Scarlet Shoes." Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 46. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 120. Bleiler (1948), p. 66. Hubin (1994), p. 119. Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 15.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23044
- Title
- MORE LIMEHOUSE NIGHTS
- Author
- Burke, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used - Some age darkening to text paper, darkening to spine and edges of front and rear panels adjacent to spine, a good to very good c
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U. S. edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George H. Doran Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1921]
- Keywords
- Horror . Mystery . SC
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
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