Helen Worden Erskine, photographic Endpapers, ILLUSTRATED 15 Photographs, FORMER OWNER STAMP back Blank Endpaper, Blank Endpapers, Preface, DJ by L. N. Breach, Inner Flap DJ Original Price of 15s.NET Intact. Out of This World in Color Dustjacket of Creepy Scene of Staircase with Wooden Door at Top with Spider Cobwebs, - A Collection of Hermits & Recluses their ways of Life & the Stories behind their Retreats ( Hermits of Harlem Collyer Brothers,Homer and Lan. Bodley Head, PRINTED IN Great Britain BY JOHN LANE, 1954.

Price: US$245.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: HBDJ, Stated 1st Published in England 1954, 1st Edition, NF+/VG-, AS-IS, Binding has slightly bumped corners, one small tiny stray mark on bottom edge of pages. Dust cover has Light wear and Tiny chips tears at edges, scuffing of the back and a light stain Soil Back DJ, DJ light rub, wear & tiny chips Tears Extremities, Interior Nice, tight Clean light FoX, Wear, 300 pgs, Green Teeed cloth lettered Gold Gilt Spine Cvr, cover light Rub, Wear, Tiny chips tears Wear DJ Spine Ends, White & Yellow Title on front DJ with Black Print above That, 8vo. ,( Hermits of Harlem Collyer Brothers,Homer and Langley COLLYER, Mary E. Wood, Ella Wendel, Madison Square Mystery, Mary & William Colgate Colby, Hetty Green s Daughter, Sylvia Green Wilks, ETC ) Fascinating exploration of some of the world's most famous recluses, including the Collyer brothers, the Leary sisters, Emily Thorn, Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope and others. Eighteen in total, eccentric and mostly rich. including the wealthy Collyer brothers who lived alone together surrounded by dark legends and an age-old collection of rubbish into which they tunnelled and at last died. Fascinating exploration of some of the world's most famous recluses,

Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.