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HODGSON, William Hope (1875-1918). The Ghost Pirates. London: Stanley Paul & Co., 1909.
8o. 12-page publisher's advertisement at end. Frontispiece by Sidney H. Sime. Original red cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine (some light wear at extremities, some old glue residue on endpapers).
FIRST EDITION. According to E.F. Bleiler, Hodgson's novels are "visionary accounts that have no real parallels in English literature" (see Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers, ed. John M. Reilly, London, 1980, p.798).
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FIRST EDITION. According to E.F. Bleiler, Hodgson's novels are "visionary accounts that have no real parallels in English literature" (see Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers, ed. John M. Reilly, London, 1980, p.798).