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Edité par Ash-Tree Press, Ashcroft, British Columbia, 2003
Vendeur : John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, Etats-Unis
Reprint. Octavo, cloth. Limited to 500 copies. Collects the twelve Flaxman Low psychic detective ghost stories first published in PEARSON'S MAGAZINE in 1898 and 1899. New introduction by editor Jack Adrian. The first book edition of these stories, GHOSTS: BEING THE EXPERIENCES OF FLAXMAN LOW (1899), is rare and only six of the stories were collected in the rather shoddy wartime 1916 reprint edition. "Probably the first important adventures of an occult detective, if Le Fanu's Dr. Hesselius is momentarily overlooked." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 799. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 151. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-85. Bleiler (1978), p. 99. Reginald 11896. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a small spot to the lower front panel. (18541).
Edité par J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1904
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-7 [8] 9-313 [314: blank] [315-320: ads], 12 inserted plates with illustrations by Stanley L. Wood, title page printed in orange and black, original pictorial blue-gray cloth, front panel stamped in light blue, tan, red and black, spine panel stamped in black. First U.S. edition. The first book featuring Don Quebranta Huesos, a grim Spanish criminal who is "vicious toward the rich and evil but kind to the poor and good" (Steinbrunner and Penzler). This collection of short fiction recounting the exploits of the adventurous rogue was followed by another, NEW CHRONICLES OF DON Q (1906) and a novel, DON Q'S LOVE STORY (1909). Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 91. Hubin (1994), p. 656. Cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, part of an addressed-stamped envelope pasted to front paste-down with some offset on free endpaper, a very good copy. (#110205).
Edité par C. Arthur Pearson Limited, London, 1899
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii [1] 2-300 [301-302: ads], twelve inserted plates with illustrations by B. E. Minns, original pictorial green cloth, front panel stamped in black, brown and cream, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Collects the twelve Flaxman Low psychic detective ghost stories first published in two series of six stories each in PEARSON'S MAGAZINE in 1898 and 1899 under the pen name of "E. and H. Heron." "Series of hauntings investigated by Flaxman Low, an occult Sherlock Holmes, culminating in a confrontation with his Moriarty, the evil Dr. Kalmarkane." - Robert Knowlton. "Probably the first important adventures of an occult detective, if Le Fanu's Dr. Hesselius is momentarily overlooked . Derivative from Doyle, but important historically, despite commercial level." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 799. "A landmark contribution to horror fiction." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 334. The first book edition of these stories is rare and only six of the stories were collected in the rather shoddy wartime 1916 reprint edition. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 151. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-85. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 178. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, pp. 253-54. Bleiler (1978), p. 99. Reginald 11896. Bookplate of Sir Malcolm Fraser affixed to the front paste-down. Top edge a bit dusty, corner tips just a bit soft, a clean, very good copy with bright gold lettering on the spine panel. A lovely copy that presents well overall. In custom green cloth clamshell box with leather spine label (#154917).