Louis Golding
The Doomington Wanderer
London, Victor Gollancz, 1934. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this collection of short stories from Louis Golding, including short tales of supernatural intrigue, and detective fiction. The scarce first edition, first impression of this short story collection from English novelist Louis Golding, in the very scarce publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Consisting of twenty-two short stories - including examples of detective and supernatural fiction - from this popular early twentieth century writer of essays, fantasies, travel books and poetry. Short stories present in this collection include 'The Haunted Cinema', 'Bare-Knuckle Lover' and 'The Window of Broken Magic&apos.A scarce first edition from this novelist best known for the 1932 bestseller 'Magnolia Street', a tale of working class life amongst Jews and Gentiles in the back streets of Manchester, and his 'Letter to Adolf Hitler', published in the same year, an attack on anti-Semitism and Nazism. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Shelf wear to back strip tail, with small light mark to front board. Discolouration to dust wrapper back strip. Chipping to back strip tail, with losses to back strip head. Significant closed tear to head of front wrap. Tape reinforcements to dust wrapper reverse at back strip head and tail, head of front wrap, and folds of flyleaves. Times Book Club label to rear pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Title page partially uncut to top edge. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.
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Keywords: short stories Magnolia Street Louis Golding Magnolia Street None