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[GOTHIC HORROR]. BROWN, Charles Brockden (1771-1810). Charles Brockden Brown's Novels. Philadelphia: David McKay Publisher, 1887.
Lot 179

[GOTHIC HORROR]. BROWN, Charles Brockden (1771-1810). Charles Brockden Brown's Novels. Philadelphia: David McKay Publisher, 1887.

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[GOTHIC HORROR]. BROWN, Charles Brockden (1771-1810). Charles Brockden Brown's Novels. Philadelphia: David McKay Publisher, 1887. 8vos. Four (out of six) volumes of this collected edition (lacks volumes IV, V). Publisher's half vellum over green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. A NEAR COMPLETE COPY OF THIS RARE SET, COLLECTING NOVELS BY AMERICA'S FIRST FULL-TIME NOVELIST; A WRITER WHO SPECIALIZED IN GOTHIC TALES Titles include: Wieland or the Transformation, Arthur Mervyn (two volumes), Ormand/ Clara Howard. 

Brown's novels relied on violent deaths, unhinged psychology, and other perils; his writing gave rise to the "Blood and Thunder" style of prose, a direct precursor to pulp fiction. 

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Spines toned, soiled, some rubbing, soiling to boards, occasional foxing in text, a few gutters overopened. Very good. 

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