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WHO KNOCKS?: TWENTY MASTERPIECES OF THE SPECTRAL FOR THE CONNOISSEUR ..
by Derleth, August (editor)
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- first
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- Former owners bookplate affixed to front paste down, thin tanning along upper edges, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust ja
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New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc., [1946]. First edition, first printing with "R" monogram on copyright page. Former owners bookplate affixed to front paste down, thin tanning along upper edges, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with rubs at the corner tips, spine ends, a few to spine panel and along rear jacket fold (28518). Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-ix [x] [1-2] 3-391 [392-396: blank], original pictorial gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in green. A collection of twenty stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Algernon Blackwood, A. E. Coppard, August Derleth (writing as "Stephen Grandon"), H. P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, H. R. Wakefield and others, with "foreword" and brief notes about the contributors by Derleth, and illustrations by Lee Brown Coye. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 526. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-265.
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- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28518
- Title
- WHO KNOCKS?: TWENTY MASTERPIECES OF THE SPECTRAL FOR THE CONNOISSEUR ..
- Author
- Derleth, August (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used - Former owners bookplate affixed to front paste down, thin tanning along upper edges, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust ja
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing with "R" monogram on copyright pag
- Publisher
- Rinehart & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, Toronto
- Date Published
- [1946]
- Keywords
- Anthology . Horror
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