THE WOODEN WOMAN: A SEAPIECE

by Alexander Townsend

$750 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

London: William Heinemann Limited, 1930 . Octavo, pp. 1-6 1-2 3-335 336-338: blank , publisher's burgundy cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Ghost novel of a haunted ship, the sins of the fathers drive descendants to reenact past tragedy. Familiar material handled with flair and sensitivity, doom-laden atmosphere builds inexorably to final catastrophe. One of the better maritime horror novels.

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