The Witch of Prague; Saracinesca; The Heart of Rome; and 6 Other Novels, Uniformly Bound
London: Macmillan and Co.; William Blackwood and Sons, 1895-1906. Reprints. 9 volumes, 8vos, various paginations, uniformly bound in 1/2 green polished calf over green cloth boards, red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, t.e.g. Bookplate of H.P. Lazenby in front of each, spines heavily toned and rubbed at joints and corners. All clean and sound internally and very good.
An attractively bound set of novels from the prolific American writer who spent much of his life in Italy and India. This set includes The Witch of Prague which Bleiler describes in his Guide to Supernatural Fiction as "a long occult romance with semiallegorical elements," which tells the tale of a wanderer who is bewitched by a clairvoyant and hypnotic young woman while searching for his lost lover.
Price: $175.00