More Haunted Houses of London.
London: Eveleigh Nash Company Ltd, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 188pp. Taupe cloth lettered in black on spine, upper cover bordered in black. The first edition of this second collection by O'Donnell focusing on London hauntings. The author, Elliott O'Donnell (1872 - 1965), the Irish writer who became famous for his books on ghosts and the supernatural. Includes: The Door That Would Never Keep Shut; The Phantom Teeth; The Two Ghost Houses of Red Lion Square; The Man Behind the Door; Atmosphere; The Figure on the Stairs; Night in Hyde Park; Hauntings ni other Parks and Commons; Two Christmas Eves; A Hampstead Haunting; The Haunting of B---- School; Misc Hauntings. From the collection of Dr. M. H. Coleman, with his ex-libris seal blind-stamped on the front free endpaper. Cloth lightly rubbed and unevenly faded, boards very slightly bowed. A few tiny pin sized holes (nibbles?) at upper front gutter, spine darkened and spine ends a bit bruised and chafed. Page-edges and endpapers unevenly browned, text pages lightly toned but fresh and unmarked. A solid, internally-clean VG copy (no dust jacket). Scarce. Item #48940
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