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Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House: Publishers, 1961. First edition. Damp marks to upper left front cover and upper right rear cover, a very good to nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with age toning to the spine panel and upper flap edges, a small rub spot to front panel. (21742). Octavo, cloth. 2070 copies printed. Collection of fourteen ghost stories. Barron (ed): Horror Literature 4-311. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #1647.
OTHERS WHO RETURNED: FIFTEEN DISTURBING TALES .. by Wakefield, H[erbert] Russell - 1929
by Wakefield, H[erbert] Russell
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OTHERS WHO RETURNED: FIFTEEN DISTURBING TALES ..
by Wakefield, H[erbert] Russell
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New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1929. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-274 [275] [276: blank] [277: ads] [278: blank], original light green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First U.S. edition. First printing with code "(1)" at base of text on page [275]. Published earlier in Britain as OLD MAN'S BEARD (1929). Collects fifteen stories. "... features several fine studies of supernatural malevolence, two of the best being 'The Cairn' and 'Blind Man's Buff.'" - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-200. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1642. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 446. Bleiler (1978), p. 201. Reginald 14767A. Some light dust soiling to cloth, a tight, very good copy. Formerly fantasy author A. Merritt's copy with his signature on front free endpaper and note in his hand on blank page facing first page of text: "Personal property / of A. Merritt / cherished for reasons / known to himself. / (Do not steal, / lose or forget if / loaned or / borrowed.) / A. Merritt." A nice association copy. (#147328)
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- Date Published 1929
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STRAYERS FROM SHEOL
by Wakefield, H[erbert] R[ussell]
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- Used - Damp marks to upper left front cover and upper right rear cover, a very good to nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with
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STRAYERS FROM SHEOL
by Wakefield, H[erbert] R[ussell]
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- Used - Some spotting to page edges, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some age toning to the spine panel and folds, so
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Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House: Publishers, 1961. First edition. Some spotting to page edges, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some age toning to the spine panel and folds, some mild dust soiling. (18483). Octavo, cloth. 2070 copies printed. Collection of fourteen ghost stories. Barron (ed): Horror Literature 4-311. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #1647.
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The Clock Strikes Twelve
by Herbert Russell Wakefield
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good
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- 9780856177620 / 0856177628
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Arkham House, 1946-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.0000 9.0000 6.0000. Dust jacket shows minor wear, rubbing, and tanning. Light foxing on the edges, pages are lightly tanned and clean.
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GALLIMAUFRY
by Wakefield, H[erbert] Russell
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- first
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- Used - Partial previous owner's printed label affixed to front paste down, long tear to first page of text, some foxing throughout, clo
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London: Philip Allan & Co., Ltd., [1928]. First edition. Partial previous owner's printed label affixed to front paste down, long tear to first page of text, some foxing throughout, cloth worn, rubbed, and some faded patches and stains, a fair copy. Uncommon. (28188). Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-320, original blue cloth, front and spine stamped in yellow. The author's first book.
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HEARKEN TO THE EVIDENCE
by Wakefield, H[erbert] Russell
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- Used - A good copy, discoloration to boards along right front edge, left rear edge, spine a touch faded. Uncommon. (7693)
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London: Geoffrey Bles, 1933. First edition. A good copy, discoloration to boards along right front edge, left rear edge, spine a touch faded. Uncommon. (7693). Octavo, boards. Author's first mystery novel.
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THE CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE
by Wakefield, H[erbert] R[ussell]
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- Used - A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild wear to spine ends and corner tips, some age toning to spine panel and e
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Sauk City: Arkham House, 1946. First U. S. edition. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild wear to spine ends and corner tips, some age toning to spine panel and edges. (22802). Octavo, jacket art by Ronald Clyne, cloth. This edition is expanded, adding four stories, "A Fishing Story," "Used Car," "Death of A Poacher" and "Knock! Knock! Who's There?," and introduction, "Why I Write Ghost Stories," not included in the 1940 Jenkins edition. "Wakefield was a consistently competent writer who took up where M. R. James left off in extending the core of the British tradition through the period between the wars." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-200. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 3-200. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #1646.
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The Clock Strikes Twelve
by Herbert Russell Wakefield
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- UsedGood
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- 9780856177620 / 0856177628
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UsedGood. 1946 Arkham Press, black cloth hardcover, solid and unmarked, no jacket, mild wear. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.
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STRAYERS FROM SHEOL
by Wakefield, H[erbert] R[ussell]
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- Hardcover
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- Used - A fine copy in a bright, fine dust jacket. (22803)
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House: Publishers, 1961. First edition. A fine copy in a bright, fine dust jacket. (22803). Octavo, cloth. 2070 copies printed. Collection of fourteen ghost stories. Barron (ed): Horror Literature 4-311. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #1647.
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They Return At Evening - A Book of Ghost Stories
by Herbert Russell (H. R. ) Wakefield
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- Hardcover
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- As New in As New dust jacket
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Ashcroft: Ash-Tree Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2005. Reprint. Hardcover. A reprint of the 1995 Ash-Tree Press edition of 300 copies. Both the book and DJ is as New, the jacket now with a brodart cover. We have a wide selection of Ash-Tree books, most in Fine - As New condition and happy to offer discount and/or free shipping for multiple purchases .
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THEY RETURN AT EVENING
by Herbert Russell Wakefield
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- near fine
- Hardcover
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Reissue
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- 9781553100812 / 1553100816
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US: Ash-Tree Press, 2005. Reissue. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 2005 Reissue by the Ash-Tree Press. Pages are clean, markings from the previous owners. Binding is square and tight. Dark red cloth boards are clean. Gilt text on spine is bright and intact. Textblock is clean. DJ is clean and bight. DJ is in protective mylar jacket.
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