Vincent O'Sullivan - The Green Window![]() London, Leonard Smithers and Co, 1899. First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the scarce first edition, second issue of this collection of short stories by American short story writer Vincent O'Sullivan, including the vampire tale 'Will&apos. The first edition, second issue. In the second issue cloth binding, issued after publication had been taken over from Leonard Smithers by Grant Richards, with Richards's imprint to the back strip tail.A collection of supernatural and decadent short stories with themes of death, lust, and the macabre.'Will', one of his best known works, is a short seven page story about a vampire.O'Sullivan was a friend of Oscar Wilde, Leonard Smithers, and Audrey Beardsley, and was inspired by writers such as Edgar Allan Poe and J.K. Huysmans. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, with offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine . GBP 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 176.75 US$ 200.92 | JP¥ 28640] Book number 949F5is offered by:
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