THE HOUSE

by Richmal Crompton, Richmal Crompton Lamburn

$850 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, n.d. 1926 . Octavo, pp. 1-6 7-320, original raspberry cloth, front panel stamped in black and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Published later in the U.S. by Boni & Liveright as DREAD DWELLING 1926 . Unusual supernatural novel of a malevolent house that fascinates, and corrupts, its inhabitants; not haunted, strictly speaking, but haunting.

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