LE FANU, Joseph Sheridan, (1814-73). Wylder's Hand. New York: Carleton, 1865. 8o. Orignial blindstamped cloth FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- Checkmate. Philadelphia: Evans, Stoddart and Co. 1871. 8o. With woodcut illustrations. Original cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- Madame Crowl's Ghost and other Tales of Mystery. London: Bell and Sons, 1923. 8o. Original cloth; dust jacket. First publication of some stories. -- Green Tea and other Ghost Stories. Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1945. 8o. Original cloth; dust jacket. -- The House by the Church-Yard. New York: Carleton, 1866. Original blindstamped cloth. Provenance: Albion Puckham (early ownership inscription); Albion Gooding (ownership inscription dated 1926). Early (possibly first?) American edition. -- The House by the Churchyard. London, 1899. -- In a Glass Darkly. London, 1947. -- The Watcher. London, 1974. -- The Purcell Papers. Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1975. (9)

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LE FANU, Joseph Sheridan, (1814-73). Wylder's Hand. New York: Carleton, 1865. 8o. Orignial blindstamped cloth FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- Checkmate. Philadelphia: Evans, Stoddart and Co. 1871. 8o. With woodcut illustrations. Original cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- Madame Crowl's Ghost and other Tales of Mystery. London: Bell and Sons, 1923. 8o. Original cloth; dust jacket. First publication of some stories. -- Green Tea and other Ghost Stories. Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1945. 8o. Original cloth; dust jacket. -- The House by the Church-Yard. New York: Carleton, 1866. Original blindstamped cloth. Provenance: Albion Puckham (early ownership inscription); Albion Gooding (ownership inscription dated 1926). Early (possibly first?) American edition. -- The House by the Churchyard. London, 1899. -- In a Glass Darkly. London, 1947. -- The Watcher. London, 1974. -- The Purcell Papers. Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1975. (9)

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