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When Evil Wakes: a New Anthology of the Macabre by August Derleth - 1963

by August Derleth

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When Evil Wakes: a New Anthology of the Macabre

by August Derleth

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E-40: Souvenir Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Souvenir Press. 1963. 288 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipped and worn at the extremities). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards very lightly rubbed and worn. Includes 2 stories by H. P. Lovecraft "The Horror of Red Hook" & "The Shuttered Room". Derleth, August (edited by) [Donald Wandrei, John Metcalfe, Frank Belknap Long, George Hitchcock, Stephen Grendon, Virginia Layefsky, Carl Jacobi, Robert Bloch, Simon West, H. P. Lovecraft, H. Russell Wakefield, Henry S. Whitehead, David H. Keller, et al A collection of 16 classic horror stories by Arkham House authors. August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos genre of horror, as well as his founding of the publisher Arkham House (which did much to bring supernatural fiction into print in hardcover in the US that had only been readily available in the UK) , Derleth was a leading American regional writer of his day, as well as prolific in several other genres, including historical fiction, poetry, detective fiction, science fiction, and biography. E-40; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
  • Bookseller Last Exit Books US (US)
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  • Book Condition Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
  • Edition First Edition; First Printing
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Souvenir Press
  • Place of Publication E-40
  • Date Published 1963

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When Evil Wakes

When Evil Wakes

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Corgi Books, 1965. Paperback. Good. 1965. Corgi Edition. 223 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
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When Evil Wakes : An Anthology of the Macabre
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When Evil Wakes : An Anthology of the Macabre

by Derleth, August

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Transworld Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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When Evil Wakes: A New Anthology of the Macabre

When Evil Wakes: A New Anthology of the Macabre

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London: Souvenir Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. [the book is only minimally shelfworn, but the previous owner has written his name plus date & place of purchase along the edge of the rear pastedown (concealed beneath the rear jacket flap), and has placed tiny check-marks next to every title in the table of contents; the jacket shows a bit of wear at the corners and spine ends, with a couple of tiny scrape marks in the middle of the front panel]. "Something entirely new in horror anthologies -- a collection which does not include those much reprinted 'classic' stories which appear time and again in the more conventional books of this genre." Contents: "The Eye and the Finger" (Donald Wandrei); "The Feasting Dead" (John Metcalfe); "Death Waters" (Frank Belknap Long); "An Invitation to the Hunt" (George Hitchcock); "The Tsanta in the Parlour" (Stephen Grendon);… Read More
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When Evil Wakes

by Derleth, August (Ed)

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London, United Kingdom: Souvenir Press, 1963. Black bds with crisp green metallic title, bottom front cnr canted o/w clean not worn, eps have faint almost imperceptable foxing not inscribed, pp 288 clean and tight. Original wrapper has cover art by SR Boldero, and is Green/Black with white text, it is ege worn with chips and scuffs, with 2" open tear to bottom of spine, and a smaller oper tear to top rear. An excellent copy in a not so good wrapper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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