Shapes That Haunt The Dusk

Harper’s Novelettes Edited by W. D. Howells and H. M. Alden

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1907

Hardcover book. Original decorated olive green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and silver.

Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-vii [viii] [1] 2-301 [302-304: blank]. Last leaf is an uncut blank. The title page printed in orange and black, fore and bottom edges are rough-trimmed as shown.

First edition, first printing with title page dated 1907.

A collection from HARPER'S MAGAZINE . Ten stories of supernaturalism, well written, but some say unspectacular. Psychological in orientation. This book is listed in Bleiler’s “The Guide to Supernatural Fiction.”

A significant collection of ten stories, most of which do not appear in other anthologies.

This book contains the classic weird tale, "The Little Room," by Madeline Yale Wynne as well as Howard Pyle's "In Tenebras" and Hildegard Hawthorne's "Perdita," considered by many authorities to be her best supernatural story. Mentioned in “The Encyclopedia of Fantasy”. Bleiler (1978), page 104. Reginald 00116. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 S-339. BAL 978.

This is very good copy a bit of spine dulling and light spine end wear. Small dent on edge of rear board. Hinges unbroken. Minimal corner and edge-wear to boards.

First edition.