Drury Captain W P (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 8vo. Purple with git to front and spine, abraded wear, small loss to spine ends, patchy fading, slight forward lean, sound binding, fep missing, a bookplate inside front good page condition.

Condition: Very good. True first edition. 8vo. Original purple cloth stamped in gilt. Spine slightly sunned, a few minor marks, but overall VG+. A rare collection of nautical tales, many of a weird and supernatural bent. The collection is referenced in Bleiler's Guide to Supernatural Fiction, the main entry given to the 1899 Simpkin, Marshall edition, but noting 'There is an earlier edition of this book (Charpentier; Portsmouth, England 1896), which has not been seen.' William Price Drury (1861-1949) was himself in the Royal Marines, as was the previous owner of this copy, General Sir Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday. Bookplate of General Sir Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday (1870-1944). Book.…