SHIEL, M. P. (MATTHEW PHIPPS SHIELL ) — Xelucha and Others

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1975. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0870540696. Illustrated by Frank Utpatel. Cover Art; This edition limited to 4000 copies (Actually 4283 copies according to The Arkham House Companion). This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean with the exception of some beginning rubbing to the bottom edges. His book contains a series of supernateral stories including: Xelucha, The Primate of the Rose, Dark Lot of One Saul, The House of Sounds, The Globe of Gold-Fish, Many a Tear, The Bride, The Tale of Henry and Rowena, The Bell of St. Sepulcre, Huguenin's Wife, The Pale Ape, and, The Case of Euphemia Raphash. "Matthew Phipps Shiell (21 July 1865 – 17 February 1947) , known as M. P. Shiel, was a British writer. His legal surname remained "Shiell" though he adopted the shorter version as a de facto pen name. He is remembered mostly for supernatural horror and scientific romances. His work was published as serials, novels, and as short stories. The Purple Cloud (1901, revised 1929) remains his most famous and often reprinted novel. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .