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Benson, Robert Hugh.
A Mirror of Shallott Composed of Tales told at a Symposium.
Publisher: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, London;
Date of Publication: 1907
Stock Code: 15226
First edition. Octavo, pp., 301, [1], [10] of publisher’s advertisements. Publisher’s original green cloth; titles in gilt to spine; white end-papers. Slight shelf-wear to corners; cloth and gilt bright; binding strong and square. Foxing to fore-edge and to first few leaves, contents otherwise clean. A very good copy. Fourteen supernatural tales told during a meeting of Catholic priests in Rome. The stories include narratives of ghosts, after-death experiences, psychic invasion, exorcism, and possession. An exceedingly scarce work of supernatural fiction. £450.00