Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-320, original navy blue cloth (almost purple), front and spine panels stamped in gold, publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear panel. First edition. A mixed collection including two supernatural tales, "Diarmid Chittock's Story" and "Conn Kirea," both set in Ireland, the former "a fine regional story" according to Bleiler (1983). "With the exception of Sheridan Le Fanu, who had no real competition, Riddell was the foremost High Victorian writer of ghost stories." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 353. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1392. Bleiler (ed), Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror, pp. 275-6. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 423. Bleiler (1978), p. 167. Reginald 12239. Sadleir 2052. Wolff 5807. Cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, several stains on front cover, pulpy endpapers and text block paper tanned, a good copy of a very scarce book. (#171500).

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Title

HANDSOME PHIL AND OTHER STORIES .

Publisher

F. V. White & Co, London

Publication Date

1899

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Hardcover

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1st Edition

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