H pseud hesketh (2 risultati)
Altre immaginiEditore: C. Arthur Pearson. 1917, 1917
- Brossura
- Prima edizione
Da: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, Regno UnitoJarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 4 stelleCondizione: Usato
EUR 290,97
EUR 40,86 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHalf title, 2pp cata.; browned. Orig. grey cloth lettered & blocked in black; a bit spotted & rubbed, extremities sl. bumped. Gift inscription 'Eve - Xmas 1917' on leading f.e.p., ownership inscription 'F. Hood 1917' on p.1. A good-plus copy. Copac records one copy of this impression in Senate House Library. First published in 1…916. A collection of six ghost stories including 'The Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmith', 'The Story of Medhans Lea', 'The Story of the Moor Road', 'The Story of Baelbrow', 'The Story of the Grey House', and 'The Story of Yand Manor House'. The stories follow the adventures of the occult detective and ghost hunter Flaxman Low. Taking after Sherlock Holmes, Det. Low solves mysteries with no tools other than his extraordinary powers of observation. E. and H. Heron were the pseudonyms of mother and son writers Hesketh, 1876-1922, and Kate Pritchard (dates unknown). The stories first appeared in Pearson's Magazine in 1899.
Altre immaginiGhost Stories [Flaxman Low]
E. & H. Heron [pseud. of Hesketh V. Prichard and Kate O'Brien Ryall Prichard]
Editore: C. Arthur Pearson, London, 1916
Da: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Discreto
EUR 88,12
EUR 3,85 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Fair. London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1916. Reissue of the 1899 Edition (sometimes seen described as a Second Edition or Impression), containing only the first six of that edition's twelve stories. 12mo; 117pp + publisher's imprint & 2pp ads. Publisher's blue-gray cloth with dark blue/black lettering, Boards heavily rubbe…d and pushed along edges, corners, and spine ends, with a good amount of soiling / smudging to surface and scuffing down joints. Front joint cracked. Half title, full title, and a couple interior pages cleanly separated but laid in, with a few other interior pages close to the same. Opens easily between gatherings with occasional gaps between. Binding feels a bit loose but otherwise holding. Pages toned and brittle, but unmarked. Rough copy, but complete. Collection of stories following the adventures of Flaxman Low -- fiction's first Psychic Detective -- published under pseudonym by Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard and his mother, Kate O'Brien Ryall Prichard. The stories originally appeared in Pearson's Magazine from 1898 - 1899, with a first book collection by Pearson in 1899. [Bleiler Supernatural 799].
