THE WERE-WOLF
Book Details + Condition: Arno Press (New York). First Edition thus, 1976. Part of Arno Press' hard-to-find "Supernatural & Occult Fiction" collection. Facsimile reprint of the original publication, originally released in 1896. By Clemence Annie Housman (1861–1955), author, illustrator and well-known activist in the women's suffrage movement. Hardcover with purple boards and silver titling to front and spine. 123 pages, with illustrations by Laurence Housman. This is Housman's first novel, an allegorical erotic fantasy of which H.P. Lovecraft said “attains a high degree of gruesome tension and achieves to some extent the atmosphere of authentic folklore”.
From the massive occult collection of King Lawrence Parker - academic, dissertation author, and book collector extraordinaire. Book is in near-new, unread condition, with firm binding, bright boards, and a clean interior. Please see our other listings for more rare Arno Press publications.
