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SAKI ( H. H. Munro). THE CHRONICLES OF CLOVIS. John Lane, The Bodley Head,, London,, 1912.
Price: US$282.32 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 300 [1] 2 pp publishers advertisements .Original publisher's illustrated green cloth (man reading while lazing in a hammock). Endpaper very slightly foxed, corners very slightly bumped but overall a very nice, very good indeed copy.Short stories, some weird, some fantasy, one gost and the unforgettable cat story 'Tobermory.'
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Munro, H. H. ("Saki"). The Chronicles of Clovis. John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1912.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Review copy with publisher's blindstamp to top of title page. Pp. 300, [1], [1, blank], [2, ads] + 16 page John Lane's List of Fiction. 1 vols. 8vo. Saki's Best, Review Copy. The best of the various Saki short story collections. Includes Sredni Vashtar, Filboid Studge, The Music on the Hill, The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope, The Unrest Cure, and two dozen other gems of mordant Edwardian wit. Original green cloth with front cover vignette in white of Clovis in a hammock. Bookplate. Spine end a little bumped, a few traces or foxing but overall a near fine copy Pp. 300, [1], [1, blank], [2, ads] + 16 page John Lane's List of Fiction. 1 vols. 8vo First edition. Review copy with publisher's blindstamp to top of title page.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-10 [11-12] 13-300 [301] [302: blank] [303-304: ads], 16 page publisher's catalog inserted at rear, original pictorial green cloth, front panel stamped in white, gray and black, spine panel stamped in white, top edge stained gray, other edges untrimmed. A mixed collection containing five fantastic stories, including several supernatural tales. "Excellent stories. "Tobermory" is one of the classics of fantastic humor. "Sredni Vashtar" is said to be largely autobiographical" - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1431. Saki's best short story collection." - Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 439. "Although Saki is not primarily a supernatural horror writer, his contributions to the genre are of jewel-like quality." - Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-176. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 137. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-172. Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 831. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 366-67. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature IV, pp. 1679-83. Bleiler (1978), p. 173. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Tanning to endpapers, top page edges dusty, a nearly fine copy. Nice copies are uncommon. (20069)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.