| Book Condition: As New - Pristine matching deckle edge cardstock covers on each of 15 very appealing chapbooks with stapled bindings and blue Hodgson signature covers. Clean white envelopes titled with matching blue letters and ship imprint. Series Title: William Hope Hodgson Authors: William Hope Hodgson Edition: Limited edition Publisher: The Strange Company Date: 1988 Features: As New unread set of 15 volumes. Cream deckle-edged printed wrappers, stapled, each with Hodgson's facsimile signature on front cover. First (and first separate) editions. Each booklet limited to 200 copies. The texts of most of the stories are taken from original Hodgson manuscripts or are the original magazine texts, several differing from the those later printed in Hodgson's story collections, some having revised texts or changes of title, several of the tales are published here for the first time. Each story booklet has an introduction by publisher R. Alain Everts. Notes: 200 copies only were published of FIFTEEN SHORT STORIES] HOMEWARD BOUND; THE GODDESS OF DEATH; THE PHANTOM SHIP; THE ROOM OF FEAR; FROM THE TIDELESS SEA; THE RIVEN NIGHT; THE VALLEY OF LOST CHILDREN; THE MYSTERY OF THE SHIP IN THE NIGHT; THE BAUMOFF EXPLOSIVE; THE TERRIBLE DERELICT; THE WAY OF THE HEATHENS; FIFTY DEAD CHINAMEN ALL IN A ROW; SEA-HORSES; THE HEAVING OF THE LOG; [and] OLD GOLLY. This item is from the Robert Weinberg Collection. Robert Weinberg is a well-known and respected author, editor and collector. We are honored to sell his tremendous collection of First Editions, rare pulps, digests, paperbacks and related ephemera. |
