Lot 520
Gibbons (Stella) Roaring Tower and other stories, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1937.
Estimate: £600 - 800
Description
Gibbons (Stella) Roaring Tower and other stories, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, neat correction to title, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine sunned, light fading to covers, light rubbing to extremities, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped affecting title at head of spine, a few small nicks and some light creasing to head and foot, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1937.
⁂ A scarce collection by Gibbons with a number of supernatural or weird tales including the title story, a Freudian story of a woman's fascination with a Cornish castle reported to be inhabited by a monster.
Description
Gibbons (Stella) Roaring Tower and other stories, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, neat correction to title, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine sunned, light fading to covers, light rubbing to extremities, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped affecting title at head of spine, a few small nicks and some light creasing to head and foot, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1937.
⁂ A scarce collection by Gibbons with a number of supernatural or weird tales including the title story, a Freudian story of a woman's fascination with a Cornish castle reported to be inhabited by a monster.
