David Poindexter's Disappearance & Other Tales.
New York. D. Appleton & Co., 1888. 1888. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 18cm, first separate edition, 210,[10,(ii)]p., Appleton ads., "New and Standard Fiction", quarter crimson fine grain book cloth and dark marbled boards, gilt spine titles, boards have slight edge wear, corners bumped otherwise a fine clean sound copy of a fragile book, rare (n13). - Julian was the son of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Probably Hawthorne's scarcest book. - Bleiler. Guide to Supernatural Fiction, 772. - "Ken's Mystery" has vampire elements. He also indicates that it is probably Hawthorne's best short story. (ADNB). Item #27342
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