Author: Jacobs, William Wymark
Title: The Lady of the Barge
Description: London and New York, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. 300pp. Orange pictorial cloth stamped in black on the front panel, and in gold and black on the spine panel. Frontispiece and eleven inserted plates with illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen and James Sullivan. Collects twelve stories including the first appearance of The Monkey's Paw, a horror classic that was the basis for a plethora of stage, radio, TV, and movie adaptations. Light scattered foxing to text block, more pronounced on endpapers, and first and last few leaves, mild wear to corner tips and spine ends. In all, a pleasing very good+ copy. In Bleiler, 1978, p. 108.; Octavo. Ill.: Illustrated by Greiffenhagen, Maurice; Sulllivan, James.

Keywords: HORROR, SUPERNATURAL, MAGICAL OBJECTS, CLASSICS, MOVIE TIE-INS, TV TIE-INS, MYSTERY, SHORT STORIES, ANTHOLOGIES Horror


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