[ARKHAM HOUSE]. A group of 5 pre–Lovecraft horror titles, including:
LE FANU, Sheridan J. Green Tea and Other Ghost Stories. 1945. Jaffery 13. –– HODGSON, William Hope. The House of the Borderland. 1946. A FINE COPY. Jaffery 18. –– PLUNKETT, Edward John (“Lord Dunsany”). The Fourth Book of Jorkens. 1948. Jaffery 33. –– LE FANU, J. Sheridan. The Purcell Papers. 1975. Jaffery 136. –– KIRK, Russell. Watchers at the Strait Gate. 1984.
Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all 8vo, all published in Sauk City, Wisconsin by Arkham House, all in original cloth bindings and dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fine.
Provenance: Richard Manney (book labels in each volume), one of the most famous book collectors of the 20th century who was known for the best examples on the market. A selection of his library was sold at Sotheby’s in 1991, amassing a total of over $3.9m which was the first multimillion–dollar library assembled in the 1980s to come up for auction.