Lot 181
Swain (E. G.) Stoneground Ghost Tales. Compiled from the Recollections of The Reverend Roland Batchel Vicar of the Parish, first edition, Cambridge, W. Heffer & Sons, 1912
Hammer Price: £1,300
Description
Swain (E. G.) Stoneground Ghost Tales. Compiled from the Recollections of The Reverend Roland Batchel Vicar of the Parish, first edition, very light marginal toning, original pictorial cloth, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, else fine, dust-jacket, priced at 3/6 on spine, ink numbering to front flap, spine darkened, head of spine and corners chipped, light creasing to head, some light marking to upper panel, splitting to upper joint, extremities a little rubbed, an excellent example, preserved in custom chemise and slip-case, [Tymn 3-238], 8vo, Cambridge, W. Heffer & Sons, 1912.
⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket, we can trace no like example at auction in the last 70 years. This collection is dedicated to M. R. James.
Description
Swain (E. G.) Stoneground Ghost Tales. Compiled from the Recollections of The Reverend Roland Batchel Vicar of the Parish, first edition, very light marginal toning, original pictorial cloth, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, else fine, dust-jacket, priced at 3/6 on spine, ink numbering to front flap, spine darkened, head of spine and corners chipped, light creasing to head, some light marking to upper panel, splitting to upper joint, extremities a little rubbed, an excellent example, preserved in custom chemise and slip-case, [Tymn 3-238], 8vo, Cambridge, W. Heffer & Sons, 1912.
⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket, we can trace no like example at auction in the last 70 years. This collection is dedicated to M. R. James.
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