The Death-Mask: And Other Ghosts by Mrs. H.D. Everett (First Edition)
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The Death-Mask: And Other Ghosts by Mrs. H.D. Everett (First Edition)
$650.00 USD
The Death-Mask: And Other Ghosts by Mrs. H.D. Everett (First Edition)
Authors: Mrs. H.D. Everett
Location: London
Publisher: Philip Allan & Co.
Date: 1920
Edition: First Edition
Features: Title page dated 1920. Red cloth with black lettering; blind-stamped ruling. 321 pp. Publisher's adverts laid in at rear. Collection of fourteen supernatural stories, including the author's most famous story, "The Crimson Blind." Henrietta Dorothy Everett (1851 - 1923), who wrote under the nom de plume 'Theo Douglas', began her writing career at the age of forty-four. During the next twenty-five years, from 1896 to 1920, twenty-two books appeared bearing the name Theo Douglas, published by seventeen different publishers. Her true identity wasn't revealed until 1910. The Death-Mask and Other Ghosts was first published in 1920 and it is one of her only books to omit the name 'Theo Douglas'.
Book Condition: Good: A firm copy with moderate wear to spine joints, spine edges, and corners. Tape to upper spine joints; Cracks to rear spine joint. One-quarter inch loss to upper spine cloth. Mild wear to remaining edges. Damp stains to cover. Mild offset tanning to endpapers. Internally sound. Age toned pages. Owner's name penciled to front free endpaper. No jacket present.
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Authors: Mrs. H.D. Everett
Location: London
Publisher: Philip Allan & Co.
Date: 1920
Edition: First Edition
Features: Title page dated 1920. Red cloth with black lettering; blind-stamped ruling. 321 pp. Publisher's adverts laid in at rear. Collection of fourteen supernatural stories, including the author's most famous story, "The Crimson Blind." Henrietta Dorothy Everett (1851 - 1923), who wrote under the nom de plume 'Theo Douglas', began her writing career at the age of forty-four. During the next twenty-five years, from 1896 to 1920, twenty-two books appeared bearing the name Theo Douglas, published by seventeen different publishers. Her true identity wasn't revealed until 1910. The Death-Mask and Other Ghosts was first published in 1920 and it is one of her only books to omit the name 'Theo Douglas'.
Book Condition: Good: A firm copy with moderate wear to spine joints, spine edges, and corners. Tape to upper spine joints; Cracks to rear spine joint. One-quarter inch loss to upper spine cloth. Mild wear to remaining edges. Damp stains to cover. Mild offset tanning to endpapers. Internally sound. Age toned pages. Owner's name penciled to front free endpaper. No jacket present.
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