Author: Guy Boothby
Title: The Curse of the Snake
Description: London, F. V. White & Co. Ltd. 1902. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this very scarce work, an exciting tale of Egyptian curses, by the sensationalist author Guy Boothby. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. A rare copy of one of Boothby's highly enjoyable gothic horror novels, including the classic element of the Egyptian curse, which was very popular during the Victorian Egyptomania. The author Guy Newell Boothby (1867-1905) was a prolific Australian novelist and writer, notable for his sensational fiction printed in magazines in the late nineteenth century. He is best known for his Dr Nikola series, and for this novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally sound, with marks to the boards and darkening to the spine. A little shelf wear to the extremities. Binding is slightly strained to pages 48 and 49, but otherwise firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with some spotting to the first and last few pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
Keywords: Guy Boothby Victorian literature Sensational fiction Victorian literature Not Stated
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Title: The Curse of the Snake
Description: London, F. V. White & Co. Ltd. 1902. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this very scarce work, an exciting tale of Egyptian curses, by the sensationalist author Guy Boothby. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. A rare copy of one of Boothby's highly enjoyable gothic horror novels, including the classic element of the Egyptian curse, which was very popular during the Victorian Egyptomania. The author Guy Newell Boothby (1867-1905) was a prolific Australian novelist and writer, notable for his sensational fiction printed in magazines in the late nineteenth century. He is best known for his Dr Nikola series, and for this novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally sound, with marks to the boards and darkening to the spine. A little shelf wear to the extremities. Binding is slightly strained to pages 48 and 49, but otherwise firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with some spotting to the first and last few pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
Keywords: Guy Boothby Victorian literature Sensational fiction Victorian literature Not Stated
Price: GBP 395.00 = appr. US$ 564.05 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 891M26
- Book number: 891M26
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