Coals of fire and other stories

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Metadata

Title

Author

Murray, David Christie, 1847-1907

Publisher

London : Chatto & Windus

Date

1884

Description

Publisher's advertisements appear before and after text. Advertisements after the text dated October, 1887.

In publisher's binding, paper covered boards; advertisement for Pears soap on back cover; advertisements on pastedowns and flyleaves.

In addition to “Coals of Fire,” this volume includes “The Showman’s Ghost,” “Mr. Bowker’s Courtship,” “The Major’s Valediction,” “Frighted with False Fire,” “An Old Meerschaum,” The Romance of Giovanni Calvotti,” “Cruel Barbara Allen,” “Skeleton Keys,” “Rival Queens,” “A Silver Wedding,” and “What Bessie Saw on the Moor.” “Coals of Fire” presents one of Murray’s continuing themes of the colliery or coal mine.

Format

2, vii, 320, 32 p. ; 18 cm.

Language

eng

Type

Yellowbacks

Publishers' advertisements 1887

Publishers' paper bindings (Binding)

Provenance

Athenaeum's copy stamped on t.p.: "Received Apr 4 1888 The Athenaeum."

Citation

Murray, David Christie, 1847-1907, “Coals of fire and other stories,” Yellowbacks, accessed April 20, 2024, http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/yellowbacks/items/show/295.