THE ARCHER IN THE ARRAS - Lewis Spence - 1932 OCCULT GOTHIC SUPERNATURAL HORROR

  The Archer in the Arras and Other Tales of Mystery by Lewis Spence, First Edition, 1932 — Rare

 Publisher: Grant & Murray Limited, Edinburgh (1932)

Very rare, first edition, first printing of "The Archer in the Arras and Other Tales of Mystery," by the well known occult scholar and author, Lewis Spence. Collection of supernatural fiction, in which ghosts, witchcraft, ancestral curses, lycanthropy, and a stone gargoyle come to life. Lewis Spence - James Lewis Thomas Chalmers Spence (25 November 1874 – 3 March 1955) was a Scottish journalist, poet and author. Spence was a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, and Vice-President of the Scottish Anthropological and Folklore Society. [Courtesy Wikipedia] This is a scarce first edition of this work. The antique volume is bound in tan cloth covers with stamped blue lettering/ornamentation on the spine and front cover. There is moderate rubbing and toning to the exterior, heaviest at the corners and edges. The binding is solid. The stamp of the Devon Library is visible on the front flyleaf. The pages show mild to moderate age toning with scattered light marginal spotting/foxing. The boards and binding are solid and tight. A very rare first edition, first printing occult fictional work by a famous Scottish occult scholar.