NUMBER 56 AND OTHER STORIES ... Translated

by Phyllis Megroz by Catulle Mendes, Abraham

$38 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

London: T. Werner Laurie, 1928 . Octavo, pp. 1-4 5 6 7-8 9-10 11-239 240 241-248: ads , original red cloth, spine panel stamped in black, publisher's device stamped in black on rear panel. First edition in English. Translation of RUE DES FILLES-DIEU 56 Paris 1895 . First story is criminous. The other three are decadent and grotesque fantasies; influenced by Poe's fanciful tales but more nightmarish,

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