MERCER, Henry C. (1856-1930). November Night Tales. New York: Walter Neale, 1928. 8vo. [1]-244 pp. Publisher's blue cloth stamped black. EXCELLENT FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF THE  ARCHAEOLOGISTS SOLE SUPERNATURAL COLLECTION. 

As an archaeologist Mercer is best known for his scholarship on ancient tools and tool-making, serving as curator of American and prehistoric archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania, where the private home he designed has since been turned into the Mercer Museum, beloved by Henry Ford. This collection is his only work of supernatural fiction, collecting 6 imaginative "weird tales" in the vein of M.R. James. 

Light rubbing and toning to boards, corners just bumped, one stain to spine block. Light interior toning. Near fine.