Cynthia Asquith: 'This Mortal Coil', Sauk City, WI, Arkham H...

Hammer

£120

Cynthia Asquith: 'This Mortal Coil', Sauk City, WI, Arkham House, 1947, 1st edition, one of 2,609 copies, signed & inscribed by the author to David Higham (1895-1978), literary agent, on FFEP "David Higham from Cynthia Asquith Xmas 1947", m/s pen & ink annotations to text and margins, original black cloth lettered in gilt (rubbed/worn). Collection of nine of the author's supernatural, horror, fantasy short stories; Dion Fortune: 'The Demon Lover', L, The Aquarian Press, 1957, 2nd edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper. Dion Fortune was among a generation of occult horror writers that formed popular culture's obsession with secret societies, vampires, demons, ritual magick, and dark powers lurking in the shadows; Beverley Nichols: 'Powers That Be', L, Cape, 1966, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (3)