Author: Walt Coekie
Title: Coekie&Apos;S Classics: Suggestions Towards a Core Collection of Victorian Penny Dreadfuls
Description: London, Coekie's Classics , 1997 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce bibliographical work presenting a core collection of twenty-five Victorian penny dreadfuls, compiled by Walter Coekie. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original paper wraps. Very scarce. 'Coekie's Classics' was compiled by Walt Coekie, "an elderly antiquarian who claims, not believably, that his enthusiasm for the Victorian Penny Dreadful is not matched by a detailed knowledge of the genre". Therefore, Coekie emphasises that these suggestions for a core collection of Victorian Penny Dreadfuls are just that - suggestions.Comprised of a history of the genre, followed by the bibliographical information for twenty-five separate works, including 'The Calendar of Horrors' (1835-6), 'The Whitechapel Murders' (1888) and others. With a striking illustration to the front wrap, being a reproduction of an illustration by W. T. Horton from 'The Quest for Bloods', by Arthur Edward Waite. Bound in the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, excellent, with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound with bright, clean pages. Fine . Ill.: W. T. Horton. Fine .

Keywords: Walter Coekie coekie's classics penny dreadful victorian penny dreadfuls coekie's classics W. T. Horton


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