Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arkham House: Publishers, Sauk City, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1944
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Arkham's fifth release. Extremely scarce. Selection of what Wandrei believed to be his best tales of weird and science fiction originally published in magazines between 1927 and 1942. A very light crease to top right corner first pages, bookplate dating 1945 on front pastedown and a neatly written name and date of 1945 with black and white photo of Wandrei on front free endpaper. Light rubbing to corners of boards and top spine. Gilt lettering ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: [Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House,
Date Published: 1944
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 1617 copies printed. The author's first book of fiction. The fifth book published by Arkham House, written by it's co-founder. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-204. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1656. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-217. Bookplate of Joseph F. Hartdegen with his name inked out affixed to front free endpaper, touch of rubbing to cloth along bottom edges, else a fine copy in very good dust jacket with light wear at spine ends and corner ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Arkham House, [Sauk City]
Date Published: 1944
Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Octavo. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 344 pages. Composed, printed and bound by the Collegiate Press, George Banta Publishing Company, Menasha, Wisconsin. It is composed in Linotype Caledonia and printed on White Winnebago Eggshell. The cloth is Holliston Novelex (from colophon). A clean, tight copy in a clipped, taped jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: [Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House,
Date Published: 1944
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 1617 copies printed. The author's first book of fiction. The fifth book published by Arkham House, written by it's co-founder. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-204. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1656. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-217. Bookplate of Malcolm Ferguson, a contributor to WEIRD TALES and acquaintance of M. P. Shiel, affixed to front paste-down. Some very faint finger marking to cloth, light foxing to top edge of text block, a near fine copy ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arkham House, Sauk City
Date Published: 1944
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. Limited Edition 1st ed. Previous owner plate o/w Fine in Ner Fine dj with the faintest trace of shelfware. read more
Edition: 1st Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sauk City, Wis. : Arkham House
Date Published: 144
Description: Description: xiii, 344 p.; 20 cm. Subjects: Short stories. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. title page tear professionally repaired. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. 1. pp. 344. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: [Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House,
Date Published: 1944
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. 1617 copies printed. The author's first book of fiction. The fifth book published by Arkham House, written by it's co-founder. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-204. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1656. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-217. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with very mild age-darkening to spine panel, much less than usual, still green rather than tan. Very hard to find in such nice condition. (#129306) read more
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arkham House, Sauk City
Date Published: 1944
Description: First edition. Name stamp on the bottom edge, and with a small, faint date stamp on the titlepage, else a fine copy in a very lightly worn, fine dustwrapper with small nicks and tears. A very nice copy of Wandrei's first collection of stories, and the fifth book from Arkham House. read more
Edition: 1st Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sauk City, Wis. : Arkham House
Date Published: 144
Description: Description: xiii, 344 p.; 20 cm. Subjects: Short stories. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. title page tear professionally repaired. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arkham
Date Published: 1944
Description: 1st ed hardcover. Book VG, slight rubbung & bump corners & spine ends, few small spots back, embossed owner seal, otherwise tight & clean. No dj. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arkham, WI
Date Published: 1944
Description: First edition. Very good hardcover. No dustwrapper. First edition. Name on top edge of front endpaper. Text clean. Spine ends lightly bumped. Clean black cloth cover. read more
Description: 1st ed. 1944, vg-fine book in an original jacket glued to a cardboard backing, the flies are trimmed, the jacket is slightly shorter than the book. read more
Binding: First edition, Hardcover, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket,
Publisher: Arkham House, Sauk City
Date Published: 1944
Description: Very good. The author's first book of fiction. One of 1617 copies produced. Head and foredge lightly dusted, sticker with previous owner's name affixed to front pastedown. Spine panel of jacket lightly sunned and extremities of jacket lightly browned. An exceptional copy of a difficult find. The fifth book published by Arkham House. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arkham House, Sauk City, WI
Date Published: 1944
Description: Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. A hint of toning at the page edges. Jacket is Fine but for the usual color-fading to the spine panel and along the edges of the front and rear panel. Otherwise, an attractive copy. read more
Edition: First edition, first printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Arkham House, Sauk City, WI
Date Published: 1944
Description: Collects 21 stories. Arkham House's fifth book. 1617 copies printed. Barron: Horror Literature, 3-204. Small area on front cover near head of spine of barely perceptable rise to cloth from moisture, else fine in fine dust jacket with mild moisture stain to the reverse of the top of the spine panel, not visible to the front, a tiny tear at the base of the front panel and light fade to the spine panel. A very handsome copy. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: Arkham, Sauk City
Date Published: 1944
Description: Light top edge soiling, corner bump. else near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with a couple of tiny top spine chips and some spine fading. Arkham #5, one of 1617 copies. read more
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