Widows Left Alone, Used (2 results)

Red Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Reprint. Edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, some shelf wear, pages are toning, title page is detached, front and rear hinges are cracked, overall a clean readable used copy! Very very rare and hard-to-find! Red cloth with a black and white oval pastedown on the front board with black lettering and illustration and black lettering and illustration on the spine. 288 unmarked and uncreased historical pages! Extremely scarce title! "It was a wild night! Never had a storm burst upon the earth with more fury than that which raged over the land and the sea upon that memorable fifteenth of July of the year in which this strange story opens. And no-where was its devastating violence felt with more fatal effects than along the seacoast and water courses of the lower counties of Maryland and Virginia. The sky was as black as soot; the earth was drenched with rain; the rivers arose to flood tides; the sea roared; the wind howled, and the thunder crashed and rolled as if at every peal a planet had exploded and hurled its fragments down the steeps of space! All was as dark as the Stygian Lake, except when a broad glare of blinding lightning illuminated the whole awful scene as with the sulphurous fires of Tartarus." ---- from Chapter 1 (Shrouded in Mystery). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: acceptable. No publication date listed, but appears to be circa 1920. Significant shelf, storage or usage wear present that does not affect the readability of the book. Missing dustjacket, although it's unclear if one came with the book originally. The pages appear aged but unmarked. Staining on the cover. Front hinge is repaired with binding tape. The binding is intact and all pages are present. Pictures available upon request. Individually inspected by Shadow. Thanks for supporting an independent bookseller!