Supernatural Algernon Blackwood The Listener and Other Stories 1907 1st UK VG

Description: Supernatural Algernon Blackwood The Listener and Other Stories 1907 1st UK VG First UK Edition, first printing. Publisher: London Eveleigh Nash, 1907. 8vo (5.5"-7.5") [xiii] 9-350 [1 page blank] [34 pages of ads] Original publisher's black cloth with black lettering to front cover with red background. Spine with gilt lettering. Half page with publisher's logo. Publisher's logo stamped in blind on rear cover. Top pages trimmed. Bottom and fore edge pages untrimmed. No dust jacket. Book Condition: Very Good. Spine bright with bumped edges. The seam between the front cover and spine is bumped. The cover /./corners are lightly frayed. Edgewear. End papers are foxed. No inscriptions. Binding tight. Pages very lightly toned with very ocassional foxing. Overall clean and sound. Rear cover is cracked. Blackwood's second book and his second collection of short stories. The preeminent British supernaturalist of the twentieth century, Blackwood combined elements of philosophy and modern psychology to introduce a new sophistication to a genre formerly dominated by traditional ghost stories. "He is the one absolute and unquestioned master of weird atmosphere," pronounced H. P. Lovecraft. The collection of stories include: "The Listener""Max Hensig: Bacteriologist and Murderer""The Willows""The Insanity of Jones: A Study in Reincarnation""The Dance of Death""The Old Man of Visions""May Day Eve""Miss Slumbubble and Claustrophobia""The Woman's Ghost Story" "The Listener""Max Hensig: Bacteriologist and Murderer""The Willows""The Insanity of Jones: A Study in Reincarnation""The Dance of Death""The Old Man of Visions""May Day Eve""Miss Slumbubble and Claustrophobia""The Woman's Ghost Story" (less) Supernatural classic.

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