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Signet Paperback CONDITION: f.

signet book, , (first PB 1973), . 5568, very good -fine, , reading crease (ANTHOLOGY OF 24 STORIES), paperback,

New York: Taplinger Publishing Company. 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0800850424 . Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Foxing on top and bottom text block edges. Light staining on spine and panels. Small closed tear on spine heel. .

Signet, 1972. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

taplinger, 1972 hardcover. fine in a fine dust jacket

London: W H Allen, 1972. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo.. hardback with dust jacket 256pp, Detours into the macabre by Winston Churchill, Agatha Christie, Lawrence Durrell, Truman Capote, Robert Graves, JB Priestly, F Scott Fitzgerald

London: W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd, 1972. First Thus hardcover with clipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket is marked, and edges are creased. Page block is blemished, and previous owner's dedication penned to FEP. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. Comprises short stories by the following authors: Sir Winston Churchill, John Galsworthy, G.K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie, Lawrence Durrell, Somerstet Maughan, Robert Graved, J.B. Priestley, C.S. Forester, Graham Greene, Angus Wilson, Kingsley Amis, Sinclair Lewis, Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Raymond Chandler, MacKinlay Kantor, John Steinbeck, Patricia Highsmith, Evan Hunter, Paul Gallico, Truman Capote, William Burroughs, John Updike. LW. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used.

London and New York: W.H. Allen, 1972. [Horror/strange tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket. Lightly toned throughout. Bookplate of Trevor Hickman to front pastedown. Textblock edges marked and spotted. Light soiling to dust-jacket. Very good. 'A remarkable collection of offbeat tales, representing detours into the macabre by celebrated authors whose reputation comes from more orthodox writing.' (blurb) Contributors include Winston Churchill, Agatha Christie, Lawrence Durrell, Somerset Maugham, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, and more.

New York: Taplinger Publishing Company,, 1972. Tales to keep Dracula up at night - a presentation copy for Christopher Lee First US edition, first printing, inscribed by the editor to the renowned fiend of films on the front free endpaper, "To Christopher Lee, whose work has, in the best possible way, inspired many of my collections. With warmest regards, Peter H. 11/1/73". The year after this presentation, the horror anthologist Peter Haining published another collection, Christopher Lee's New Chamber of Horrors. Haining (1940-2007) received the British Fantasy Awards's Karl Edward Wagner prize in 2001. This ghoulish collection was inspired by the opening story, "Man Overboard" by Winston Churchill. The transatlantic line-up of authors also includes Agatha Christie, J. B. Priestley, Graham Greene, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, William Burroughs, and many more. It was published in the UK the same year. Octavo. Original light grey quarter cloth, spine lettered in blue, dark grey board sides.… Read More