Item #140940431 Wylder's Hand. J. Sheridan Le Fanu.
Wylder's Hand
Wylder's Hand

Wylder's Hand

New York: Carleton, Publisher, 1865.

First American edition. (Also first single-volume edition following the three volume British Bentley edition of 1864. Crawford 093.) 480 pp. Publisher's purplish cloth, front stamped in blind, spine in gilt, blue endpapers. About Very Good overall with head and tail cloth worn away, rubbing along edges, tips worn and a little frayed, gilt dulled, tiny stains to top edge. Internally in very nice shape, bookplate on paste down, contents clean and fairly bright. A Victorian sensation novel, sort of a prototypical crime novel, by the Irish writer mainly known for his ghost stories. Item #140940431

Price: $1,700.00