THE KING'S MISSAL
1934156055London: Herbert Jenkins Limited 1934. Octavo pp. 1-8 9-312 313-320: ads original orange cloth front and spine panels stamped in black publisher's monogram stamped in black on rear panel. First edition. "Weird thriller of a haunted missal bound in the skin of Philip II's unfaithful mistress whose spirit still seeks new paramours. Marginal vampirism when her mummified corpse is briefly revived by blood-rite thought this may be a hallucination induced by an unscrupulous occultist. Novel is an awkward hybrid of detective and horror genres the latter elements more effective. Author also wrote the bizarre horror thriller THE NEW RACE OF DEVILS 1921 under the pseudonym of John Bernard." - Robert Knowlton. Not in Bleiler 1948; 1978. Day p. 7. Reginald 00979. Small lending library stamp on bottom edge of text block faint traces of removal of bookplate or slip from front free endpaper but a fine bright copy. A scarce book and especially difficult in such nice condition. #156055 Herbert Jenkins Limited unknown books
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