Burke, Thomas — More Limehouse Nights

New York, George H. Doran Company, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. First U.S. Edition, a perfectly serviceable copy in hardcover format, orange cloth over boards, black and red illustration and lettering to front cover and spine; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy but for slight pulling of first signature at top. Slight forward cock to spine. From the personal library of Gershon (Alexander) Legman, the noted bibliographer, literary sleuth, erotophile and book scout, from 1939. This is the U.S. title of a collection of stories published first in the U.K. as Whispering Windows: tales of the waterside, being the second of Burke's collection of stories set in London's Chinatown. Eighteen short stories here. viii [2], 11-282 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good