The Gothic Quest. A History of the Gothic Novel

by Montague Summers

$400 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, no. 523 of 950 copies. With 16 plates. 443 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth and red snakeskin patterned boards. Bookplate of Barry Humphries, and his grudging compliments card loosely inserted. Corners bumped. Very good plus, fresh copy. d’Arch Smith, Summers, A22; d’Arch Smith, Fortune, 529; Barron, Horror Literature 7-33. Item #376187 Pioneering literary history of the Gothic novel by an early

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