The Eerie Book

edited by Margaret Armour

illustrated by W.B. MacDougall 

First edition.  London:  J. Shiells & Co., 1898 

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD- condition.

• Light red covers with black ink title and illustration. 
• Boards show some wear, smudges, stains, dings, scuffing, warping, edgewear.  Corners are bumped, frayed, with exposed board.  See photos.
• Spine has black text and is faded with chipped, frayed ends.  See photos.
• Binding is intact, with some signs of separation.  
• Pastedowns and feps have some moderate foxing, staining, writing, owner's marks.
• Illustrations are bright and clear, plates are inserted.   
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits corner wear to first pages.  See photos.  
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. 
• PS2025.1030

211 pages. 6 x 9 inches

First Edition copy of this attractive Victorian anthology of weird tales.  Publisher's light red boards with illustrated title stamped in black on top board and spine.  Title page printed in orange and black.  A collection of sixteen selections from Edgar Allan Poe, Catherine Crowe, Mary Shelley, and others.  With fifteen full page illustrations by William Brown MacDougall, inserted into the binding.  Inside the boards and text block edges, which show wear and exposure, the text is unmarked.  Rather scarce in the first edition.

Edited by Margaret Armour (1860-1943), translator, poet, and playwright.  This anthology features classic gothic authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Thomas de Quincey, and Hans Christian Andersen, and includes stories such as those by Catherine Crowe (from Ghosts and Family Legends 1858) which are virtually impossible to find elsewhere.  Armour was married to the artist W.B. MacDougall (1868-1936), and they collaborated on a number of titles for which he made the illustrations. 

Printed by W.H. White and Co. Ltd., Riverside Press, Edinburgh.  

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