PERSONS FROM PORLOCK; And Other Interruptions / by Vincent Starett
Starrett, Vincent
From Borg Antiquarian, Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 3 December 2018
From Borg Antiquarian, Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 3 December 2018
About this Item
SIGNED by the Author on the Colophon, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over pale green boards with gold author & title "squared" on front cover, Introduction by George Steele Seymour, archival mylar-protected lettered light green jacket (publisher's bevelled corners), 95 pages + [3] Colophon. Charles VINCENT STARRETT (1886 - 1974), an American author of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes [1933], as well as detective novels and horror/fantasy stories such as The Quick and the Dead for Arkham House in [1965]); a newspaperman who wrote the column "Books Alive" for the Chicago Tribune; a poet of considerable ability (Autolycus in Limbo [1943]); and very well known bibliophile. EXCEPTIONAL COPY in all respects! No previous owner's signature. Starett's signature is on the Colophon. Seller Inventory # 3369
Bibliographic Details
Title: PERSONS FROM PORLOCK; And Other ...
Publisher: NORMANDIE HOUSE, Chicago
Publication Date: 1938
Binding: Cloth and boards
Condition: Very Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Limited Edition: 1 of 399 copies.
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