THE PARIAH.

UK,12mo p/back Original,1st edn.[Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title. Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format in the country of its origin,and sometimes, even worldwide.Stated A Star Original.] VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover.Bright,crisp,clean,reasonably sharp-cornered,glossy,vibrant colour illustrated front cover with mixture of white+red and embossed silver gilt author's name and red letters; either white or very pale green and red, letters to spine which has reading creases and very minimal sunning/fading,rear cover with red+ white letters to black background.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present.All edges in varying,decreasing degrees of brightness and cleanliness; top edges coloured (?) - else slightly toned(?),fore-edge brighter with inevitable but slight thumbing,lower edges clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - been carefully read.UK.12mo p/back Original,1st edn,9- 381pp [paginated] includes 36 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages.an extract 'the forbidden' last page from the Codex Daemonicus,1516, a 'forbidden book' - the only known complete copy in the secret library of the Vatican, newspaper story reproduction page, and to the rear,2pp publisher's advert with order forms.
Granitehead,Massachusetts.A fishing village with a past, where the dead once walked the streets.As they will walk again when they raise - THE PARIAH.
The wreck lies off-shore. Three hundred years of ice-cold currents have preserved its timbers and pacified the demon that still lives within its hold - THE PARIAH The single greatest evil ever recorded in the Codex Vaticanus.Now it rises once more to the light of day - to plunge the world into everlasting night . . . .
BEWARE THE PARIAH.
Masterton's horror debut was 'The Manitou' in 1976.Followed by 'The Djinn', 'The Spinx' and 'Plague' in a similar vein,to name a few.He has written more than 100 novels,including 'The 5th Witch', 'Blind Panic','The Doorkeepers','Night Wars',and 'Spirit'.
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