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Sumner Lincoln Fairfield - The North American Quarterly Magazine April, 1836 [featuring] The Victim Bride by the Editor, a Very Early Werewolf Tale. - Seyfert & Phillips, 1836, First Edition.

Sumner Lincoln Fairfield - The North American Quarterly Magazine April, 1836 [featuring] The Victim Bride by the Editor, a Very Early Werewolf Tale. - Seyfert & Phillips, 1836, First Edition.

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Philadelphia, Seyfert & Phillips, 1836. First Edition. First Impression. Paperback. A good copy. Notable for containing the editor's tale 'The Victim Bride.' An early werewolf story. The tale tells of a king who, having been bitten by a wolf, is warned to never drink alcohol. However, he has a little drink on his wedding day, and becomes a wolf (seemingly in spirit, not form - he is referred to as a lycanthrope) and eats his new wife's heart. The tale is subtitled A Tale of the Otranto School. Full contemporary calf. Some chipping and wear to the corners and edges, Spine darkened and flaky. Foxing to the prelims and edges. Burlington Lyceum presentation plate to the front pastedown. Rear endpaper creased. [11582, Hyraxia Books].

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