Varvana And Other Short Stories

New York: Exposition Press, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 100pp. Octavo [21 cm] Gray cloth over boards, with gilt lettering on the backstrip and front board. "Reading Copy" stamped on the fore-edge of the text block. Stitching visible in the inside margin of the title page. In the dust jacket, with wear, and tape repairs to the reverse. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letterpress printer John Ruyle. Weird and macabre stories, including a vampire story and a story of reincarnation. Maurice Sarfaty was born in Greece in 1940. His family emigrated to the United States in 1951, eventually settling in Milwaukee. He was a voracious writer and self-published author of both fantasy fiction and gothic horror stories.