Lot 30
Ghost Stories; Collected with a Particular View to Counteract the Vulgar Belief in Ghosts and Apparitions, first edition, R. Ackermann, 1823
Hammer Price: £650
Description
Ghost Stories; Collected with a Particular View to Counteract the Vulgar Belief in Ghosts and Apparitions, first edition, aquatint frontispiece and 5 plates, all hand-coloured, offsetting, very light browning to endpapers, armorial bookplate of Ferdinand M. McVeigh to front pastedown, original boards, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original spine label, uncut, preserved in folding chemise and morocco-backed slip-case (spine sunned), 8vo, R. Ackermann, 1823.
⁂ A very good copy of this charming work, containing several ostensibly supernatural stories that prove to have rational solutions.
Description
Ghost Stories; Collected with a Particular View to Counteract the Vulgar Belief in Ghosts and Apparitions, first edition, aquatint frontispiece and 5 plates, all hand-coloured, offsetting, very light browning to endpapers, armorial bookplate of Ferdinand M. McVeigh to front pastedown, original boards, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original spine label, uncut, preserved in folding chemise and morocco-backed slip-case (spine sunned), 8vo, R. Ackermann, 1823.
⁂ A very good copy of this charming work, containing several ostensibly supernatural stories that prove to have rational solutions.
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