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Weird stories / by Mrs. J.H. Riddell.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1885 Riddell
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Riddell, J. H., Mrs., 1832-1906.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Ghost stories.
- Yellowbacks.
- Publishers' advertisements -- 1888.
- Publishers' paper bindings (Binding)
- Physical Description:
- 2, 314, 32 p. ; 18 cm.
- Edition:
- New ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Chatto and Windus, 1885 (London : Kelly and Co.).
- Contents:
- Walnut-tree House
- The open door
- Nut-bush Farm
- The old house in Vauxhall Walk
- Sandy the tinker
- Old Mrs. Jones.
- Notes:
- Publisher's advertisements appear before and after text. Those after text (32 p. catalog), dated May, 1888.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: In publisher's binding, paper covered boards; advertisements on back cover; pastedowns, and flyleaves.
- Athenaeum copy: Exhibited: "Yellowbacks: Don't Judge These Victorian Books by Their Covers," at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 2015.
- Athenaeum copy: Stamped in ink on t.p. of Athenaeum's copy: "Received Feb 3 1890 The Athenaeum."
- Cited in:
- Topp, C.W. Victorian Yellowbacks & Paperbacks, 1849-1905, v. 3, 557
- OCLC:
- 191882966
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