THE STREET OF QUEER HOUSES AND OTHER STORIES ..

New York: Boullion-Briggs, 1924. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-6 [7-8] 9-156 [ 157-160: blank] [note last two leaves are blanks], seven full-page illustrations by William Saphier, original black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed. First edition. Eleven fantasy stories. "Knowles's work is in the tradition of Richard Garnett and has affinities with the work of Lord Dunsany and Donald Corley, but he affects a more naive and relaxed style than any of these. His best stories are amusing literary confections." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 5-169. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, 966. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 583. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature IV, pp. 1589-91. Larnach, Materials Towards a Checklist of Australian Fantasy to 1937 (1950), p. 14. Bleiler (1978), p. 116. Reginald 08398. A fine copy in good pictorial dust jacket with wear at edges, long tear and associated fraying along rear flap fold, and several stains to front panel. Uncommon in jacket. (#107829) (Inventory #: 107829)