The Best Ghost Stories **EXTREMELY RARE EARLY MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET!** **PART OF THE BOSTON BOOK CO. MODERN LIBRARY COLLECTION**

Reeve, Arthur B. (Introduction); Daniel De Foe; Montague Rhodes James; Edward Bulwer-Lytton; Leopold Kompert; E.F. Benson; Algernon Blackwood; Rudyard Kipling; Brander Matthews; Ambrose Bierce; Vincent O'Sullivan; Ellis Parker Butler

Published by The Modern Library / Boni & Liveright, New York, 1919

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EXTREMELY RARE EARLY MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET! **PART OF THE BOSTON BOOK CO. MODERN LIBRARY COLLECTION**

The Best Ghost Stories with an Introduction by Arthur B. Reeve. Authors include: Daniel De Foe; Montague Rhodes James; Edward Bulwer-Lytton; Leopold Kompert; E.F. Benson; Algernon Blackwood; Rudyard Kipling; Brander Matthews; Ambrose Bierce; Vincent O'Sullivan; Ellis Parker Butler. First printed by The Modern Library in 1919 this is an early 1925 printing. This is a very attractive copy of a rare Modern Library title in an INCREDIBLY RARE dust jacket. Bound in brown leatherette (spine #4) with Bernhard end papers.

The book is VERY GOOD. Solid binding nice and tight, bright gilt on cover and spine, matching top stain, some shelf wear and creasing. Contents are clean with no owner's signature or other writing in text, neat book shop sticker on inside board from "The Booklovers' Shop, The Washington Duke, Durham N.C.". GORGEOUS!

The incredibly rare dust jacket is VERY GOOD- with chipping at extremities and age toned spine otherwise very clean and bright! 95 cent price present on bottom spine. Titles listed on the dust jacket matches this to a 1925 printing. THESE EARLY MODERN LIBRARY DUST JACKETS WERE CONSIDERED "WRAPPING PAPER" BY CUSTOMERS AND WERE COMMONLY THROWN AWAY AFTER PURCHASE WHICH MAKES THEM EXTREMELY RARE!! Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector.

EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND EARLY MODERN LIBRARY EDITION IN DUST JACKET ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDTION!

This book is part of the Modern Library collection from the Boston Book Company which comprised 1,917 modern library volumes and was used to create A Descriptive Bibliography of The Modern Library: 1917 - 1970 by George M. Andes in 1989.

If you see anything else you like in my store let me know before you order as I always offer discounts to repeat customers! **I WILL BE LISTING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1783285192418

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Best Ghost Stories **EXTREMELY RARE EARLY MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET!** **PART OF THE BOSTON BOOK CO. MODERN LIBRARY COLLECTION**
• Publisher: The Modern Library / Boni & Liveright, New York
• Publication Date: 1919
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Boston Book Co Collection
  • modern library