Ghost Stories of Old and New Orleans
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1946. Very Good + / Very Good. Item #49160
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1946. First Edition. Octavo; magenta cloth boards stamped in black; illustrated dust jacket with $3.50 price intact; 374pp. Black and white illustrations. Rubbing to boards; light edgewear to dust jacket; Very Good.
Collection of forty stories compiled by deLavigne, who grew up an orphan in New Orleans and later worked on newspapers throughout the South. Begins with "The Singing Capuchin" (1780) and ends with "The Swamp Witch" (1915); the collection was long out of print until an LSU reprint came out in 2013. Jacketed firsts are uncommon.
Price: $400.00