W. W. Jacobs - Light Freights

London, Methuen and Co, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this charming and copiously illustrated collection of short stories by W. W. Jacobs. William Wymark Jacobs was a renowned English author of short stories and novels, best known for his 1903 horror story, 'The Monkey's Paw&apos. Containing the following sixteen short stories: An Odd Freak A Question of Habit Hard Labour A Garden Plot Private Clothes The Bully of the "Cavendish" The Resurrection of Mr. Wiggett A Marked Man To Have and to Hold Brevet Rank Twin Spirits Sam's Boy A Will and the Way Jerry Bundler The Peacemaker False Colours. With an extensive publisher's catalogue to the rear of the text. Featuring a tipped in bookplate of an 'Alex Bridge&apos. Collated, complete with twelve black and white plates. In the publisher's original cloth pictorial binding. Externally excellent, with minor shelfwear to extremities. Slight bumping to head and tail of spines. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Prior owner's bookplate tipped to front pastedown, with ink inscription dated '1993&apos. Internally firmly bound. Pages slightly age toned with scattered spots, heavier to first last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Unnamed. Very Good Indeed .

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