THE SMOKING LEG AND OTHER STORIES.
METCALFE, JOHN.
Published by Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926., Garden City, 1926
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BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
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First U. S. edition. Originally printed in the U. K. in 1925. Author's first book. Near fine in dust jacket with light professional restoration to spine ends and corners. In addition to the title story, seventeen short stories that tell of dark magic in the East, uncanny and uncharted islands off the shores of England, weird regions hidden in the British country-side, and more. Seller Inventory # 32451
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Title: THE SMOKING LEG AND OTHER STORIES.
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926., Garden City
Publication Date: 1926
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: First edition.
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The smoking leg : and other stories / by John Metcalfe. 1926 [LeatherBound]
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Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 318. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1926 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 318. Seller Inventory # LB100158178634
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The Smoking Leg, and Other Stories
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Jarrolds, 1927
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Seller: Hadwebutknown, Birnam, PERTH, United Kingdom
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Much anthologised and highly respected Ghost story collection. Green cloth with black letetering. Light fading to spine and a few very light foxing spots to title page VG - a tight and bright copy of the 3rd impression. Seller Inventory # 16277
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The Smoking Leg and Other Stories by John Metcalfe (First Edition)
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Jarrolds Publishers Limited, London and Boston, 1925
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Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. The Smoking Leg and Other Stories by John Metcalfe (First Edition) Bumping and rubbing to corners and spine ends. First edition preceding the American Edition published in 1926. Author's first book collection. 18 stories. Black cloth with gold lettering to spine. 348 pages. BOOK. Seller Inventory # HCX22763-1
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The Smoking Leg and other Stories
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Jarrolds, London, 1925
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Seller: Graver & Pen Rare Books, Midland, MI, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. Natural foxing to endpapers, else very good. Seller Inventory # 013957
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The Smoking Leg and Other Stories
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NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926
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Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover, bound in orange ribbed cloth with dust jacket. Moderate edge-wear, one corner bumped; the jacket rubbed with small chips at the corners; the text block clean and unmarked. Seller Inventory # Bx-Ac-1D
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THE SMOKING LEG AND OTHER STORIES
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Doubleday, Garden City, 1926
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First Edition
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
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Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-296 [note: title leaf is a tipped in single leaf], title page printed in green and black, original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in green, top edge stained yellow green. First U.S. edition. Metcalfe's first book, collecting eighteen stories including the classic horror tale "The Smoking Leg." Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-147. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1168. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 156. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 290-91. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-179. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 364. Bleiler (1978), p. 138. Reginald 10083. A fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket (striking illustration by Juan Oliver on the front panel) with tiny chip from upper spine end, 30 mm closed tear along front spine fold, and light wear, 15 mm closed tear at lower spine end, and some mild dust soiling. A fresh, attractive example of this scarce jacket. (#107057). Seller Inventory # 107057
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THE SMOKING LEG AND OTHER STORIES
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Doubleday, Garden City, 1926
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Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
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Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-296 [note: title leaf is a tipped in single leaf], title page printed in green and black, original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in green, top edge stained yellow green. First U.S. edition. A presentation copy with signed inscription by Metcalfe on the front free endpaper: "To Richard Ely Morse / With sincere regards / from / the author / John Metcalfe." Also signed by Morse above Metcalfe's inscription. Richard Ely Morse (1909-1986) was an American minor poet, librarian, researcher, and H. P. Lovecraft correspondent (1932-1937). Metcalfe's first book, collecting eighteen stories including the classic horror tale "The Smoking Leg." "British writer of subtle, finely crafted supernatural tales, many of them about lonely misfits out of step with their times . Metcalfe's stories, typically, rely upon fragments of letters, snatches of half-remembered conversation, liquor-dulled reminiscences, murky dreams, fleetingly described photographs, and veiled references to messages never actually quoted." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 290. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-147. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1168. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 156. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 290-91. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-179. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 364. Bleiler (1978), p. 138. Reginald 10083. A very good copy in good pictorial dust jacket (striking illustration by Juan Oliver on the front panel) with chipping at top and bottom edges, mostly small and shallow, but one is a larger 35x55 v-chip at upper spine end and extending onto the rear panel, centered on rear spine fold. Both the Jarrolds and Doubleday. Page editions of this book are rarely found signed or inscribed by Metcalfe and this is a choice example. (#162292). Seller Inventory # 162292
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The Smoking Leg, and other Stories. [The Jay Library series.]
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Jarrolds, 1925
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Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
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FIRST EDITION, pp. 348, crown 8vo, original black cloth, vertical rule blind-stamped to upper board, backstrip lettered in gilt, top edge black now a little faded, other edges roughtrimmed and a little toned, the front pastedown with the bookplate of Guy F. Bush, the scarce dustjacket with a design by C.R.W. Nevinson to front panel, small amount of internal tape-repair at head of backstrip panel, professional restoration to folds, very good. A scarce book, the author's debut and, as the publisher's blurb to the front flap describes, 'the first volume of short stories that has so far been admitted into the Jay Library' - a series in part distinguished by the quality of its dustjacket designs (others from the same period had work by Paul Nash and Doris Zinkeisen), here provided by the abrasive C.R.W. Nevinson, best known as a war artist. Metcalfe's work places its accent on the supernatural and macabre, as the contemporary praise of Mary Butts ('rather good stories on the usual tricks', she records in her journal) and H.P. Lovecraft (his 1927 essay on 'Supernatural Horror in Literature' identifying in it 'a rare pitch of potency' with 'graduations of horror that strongly savour of genius') - both singling out 'The Bad Lands' for particular praise. Seller Inventory # 78797
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