Verlag: Valancourt Books, 2015
ISBN 10: 1943910146 ISBN 13: 9781943910144
Anbieter: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, USA
Paperback. Zustand: New.
Verlag: Philip Allan [1932], London, 1932
Anbieter: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, USA
Erstausgabe
First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-248 [249-256: ads], original tan cloth, spine panel stamped in black. The first of the fourteen anthologies in the "Creeps" series, all anonymously edited by Charles Birkin. This collection consists of nine stories, several original to this collection, by Tod Robbins, H. R. Wakefield, Elliott O'Donnell, Birkin (as "Charles Lloyd"), and others. The series, published 1932-1936, comprises CREEPS, HORRORS, MONSTERS, NIGHTMARES, PANICS, POWERS OF DARKNESS, QUAKES, SHIVERS, SHUDDERS, TALES OF DEATH, TALES OF DREAD, TALES OF FEAR, TERRORS, and THRILLS. The fourteen volumes collect 159 stories by Birkin (as "Charles Lloyd"), Lord Dunsany, Margery Lawrence, Elliott O'Donnell, Tod Robbins, Russell Thorndike, H. Russell Wakefield and many others. "The earlier volumes are all reprint and feature several fine stories by H. Russell Wakefield and Tod Robbins; the later ones are mostly original stories by minor writers, with emphasis on shock value." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. See Tuck, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy Through 1968, pp. 120-21 for volume-by-volume contents listing. Also see various entries under title in Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, for story summaries. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 35-6 provides information on the series, as well as an overview of Birkin's short fiction. The "Creeps" series, along with the eleven-volume "Not at Night" series (1925-1936) edited by Christine Campbell Thompson, form a major repository of British and American horror fiction, both original and reprint, of the 1920s and 1930s. The former is distinguished from the latter by being more distinctly British in tone, in a sense offering a cruder version of the refined cruelties captured in L. P. Hartley's "The Killing Bottle." Even the more traditional country tales are rife with nasty things that bite. Whereas the "Not at Night" series is very much the English beachhead for the American "Weird Tales" school of horror, the "Creeps" series, under Birkin's editorship, applies a sophisticated gloss to the "raw-heads-and-bloody-bones" tradition of English melodrama (which enjoyed a vigorous stage revival between the wars) with a nod to the Le Theatre Grand-Guignol. Birkin's own sadistic tales follow the example of Andre de Lorde, the greatest of the Grand Guignol playwrights, whose "Waxworks" appears in TERRORS. His editorial tastes thus set a sanguinary tone for the series. English in flavor with perhaps a slight continental aftertaste. This was the "splatterpunk" of the 1930s. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1351. Bleiler (1978), p. 8. Reginald 11946]. Inked name to front free end paper, pages a bit darkened, worming to the first 25 pages, rear free end paper mostly torn out, mild lean to spine, covers soiled and grubby, a fair copy. (30870).
Verlag: Philip Allan [1933], London, 1933
Anbieter: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, USA
Erstausgabe
First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-254 [255-256: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original tan cloth, spine panel stamped in black. Second book of the "Creeps" series. Collects eleven stories, several original to this collection, by H. R. Wakefield, Tod Robbins, Elliott O'Donnell, Birkin (as "Charles Lloyd"), and others. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1475. Bleiler (1978), p. 8. Reginald 13049]. Darkening to text block, spine lean, corner tips soft, front and rear covers soiled, spine age darkened, a good copy. (30871).
Verlag: Philip Allan [1932], London, 1932
Anbieter: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, USA
Erstausgabe
First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-254 [255-256: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original gray cloth, spine panel stamped in black. Third book of the "Creeps" series. Collects nine stories, several original to this collection, by H. R. Wakefield, Birkin (as "Charles Lloyd"), Tod Robbins, Mrs. H. D. Everett ("The Death Mask"), Elliott O'Donnell and Philip Murray. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1474. Bleiler (1978), p. 8. Reginald 13043]. Age darkening to text block, corners soft, overall soiling to cloth with tanning to edges, spine age darkened, a good copy. (30872).
Verlag: Philip Allan, London, 1935
Anbieter: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, thick Octavo, original yellow cloth over boards stamped in black. Collection of 29 scary stories by various authors including Tod Robbins, H. R. Wakefield, and Elliott O'Donnell. Very good, cloth darkened.
Verlag: Philip Allan & Company, London, 1932
Anbieter: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Publisher's tan cloth. First impression stated. Cloth is soiled, rubbed, corners bumped. Pages toned and mildly foxed with occasional soil. Rear hinge has been repaired. Original collection of horror stories. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Verlag: Philip Allan [1933], London, 1933
Anbieter: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, USA
Erstausgabe
First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-249 [250-255: ads] [256: printer's imprint], original green cloth, spine panel stamped in black. Original anthology collecting twelve stories by Birkin (as "Charles Lloyd"), Elliott O'Donnell and others. Part of the classic fourteen volume "Creeps" series. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1598. Carter, The Vampire in Literature, p. 57. Frost, The Monster with a Thousand Faces, p. 86. Bleiler (1948), p. 30. Not in Bleiler (1978). Reginald 14110]. Mild tanning to text block, mild soiling to cloth, spine slight darkened, a very good copy. (30874).
Verlag: Philip Allan. [1932], London, 1932
Anbieter: Thompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB, Hornby Island, BC, Kanada
Erstausgabe
First Edition. Octavo, original tan cloth titled in black on spine panel. Covers a bit grubby, small split along outer rear spine hinge, wear at head of spine, slight vertical crease to spine panel. A good, sound copy, in a modern colour facsimile dust jacket. Original collection of horror stories, the second volume in the publisher's "Creeps" series. Collects eleven tales by Tod Robbins, H.R. Wakefield, Elliott O'Donnell, Philip Murray, Mrs. Everett, & "Charles Lloyd" (pseudonym of the editior, Charles Birkin).
Verlag: Philip Allan [1932], London, 1932
Anbieter: Thompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB, Hornby Island, BC, Kanada
Erstausgabe
First Edition. Octavo, original grey cloth titled in black on spine panel. Contemporary ink name on front endpaper; cloth lightly worn and with minor stains, spine panel a bit faded and with a vertical crease, splitting but holding along the rear outer hinge. A good, sound copy, in a modern colour facsimile dust jacket. Original collection of horror stories, the first volume in the publisher's "Creeps" series. Collects nine tales by Tod Robbins, H.R. Wakefield, Elliott O'Donnell, Philip Murray, & "Charles Lloyd" (pseudonym of the editior, Charles Birkin).
Verlag: Philip Allan & Company, London, 1934
Anbieter: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Publisher's gilt-titled cloth. Stated first impression. Cloth sunned and soiled. Hinges have been repaired. PO inscription. Pages toned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 243,[12] pages.
Verlag: Philip Allan [1934], London, 1934
Anbieter: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, USA
Erstausgabe
First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-249 [250-256: ads], original gray cloth, spine panel stamped in black. Collects twelve stories, all but one original to this collection, by Vivian Meik, Elliott O'Donnell, Birkin (as "Charles Lloyd"), and others. Vivian Meik's "The Two Old Women" concerns African voodoo in London suburb, witches drawing blood and life-force of girl in dreams, probably to revive dead brother. Part of the classic fourteen volume "Creeps" series. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 450. Carter, The Vampire in Literature, p. 83. Frost, The Monster with a Thousand Faces, p. 86. Bleiler (1978), p. 8. Reginald 10241]. Mild tanning to text block, ding to lower left rear corner, slight darkening to spine, a relatively clean, very good to nearly fine copy. (30875).
Verlag: Philip Allan [1933], London, 1933
Anbieter: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, USA
Erstausgabe
First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-252 [253-256: ads], original yellow cloth, spine panel stamped in black. Original anthology collecting thirteen stories by Birkin (as "Charles Lloyd"), Douglas Newton, Elliott O'Donnell and others. Part of the classic fourteen volume "Creeps" series. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1351. Bleiler (1978), p. 8. Reginald 11946]. Formerly Hugh Lamb's copy with his inked signature on the front free end paper, some soiling to cloth with spine a bit darkened, a very good copy. An as new facsimile dust jacket is included. (28172).
Verlag: Philip Allan [1935], London, 1935
Anbieter: Thompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB, Hornby Island, BC, Kanada
Erstausgabe
First Edition. Thick octavo, original yellow cloth titled in black on spine panel. 638 pp. Covers soiled and with some foxing to the spine, page edges foxed, a very good, sound copy of a very scarce book, now in a modern colour facsimile dust jacket. Collects together in one volume the 29 weird supernatural tales from the first three titles in the publisher's "Creeps" Series.
Verlag: Philip Allan, London, 1935
Anbieter: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, USA
Erstausgabe Signiert
First edition. Octavo, [1-10] 11-243 [244 (message to the reader) 245-253 (publisher ads) 254-256 (blank), boards. This copy signed by contributor Oswell Blakeston at his story entry. Blakeston was the pseudonym for Henry J. Hasslacher. He signs as Blakeston and underneath writes "Simon," a pseudonym he used for detective ficiton, and also humorously writes 'R.I.P. / H. Hasslacher." Part of the classic fourteen volume "Creeps" series. Collection of twelve stories, several feature vampires or vampirism. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1574. Bleiler (1978), p. 8. Reginald 11848]. Foxing to first and last few leaves, and spine edges, mottling to covers and several stains to front cover a good copy in a good dust jacket with wear and closed tears to edges, chips to spine ends, silver stains to front panel, long closed tears to rear panel. Uncommon in dust jacket. (30504).
Verlag: Philip Allan, London, 1934
Anbieter: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, USA
Erstausgabe
Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-243 [244: blank] [245-256: ads], original green cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Original anthology collecting ten stories by Lord Dunsany, Birkin (as "Charles Lloyd"), Russell Thorndike and others. Part of the classic fourteen volume "Creeps" series. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1329. Bleiler (1978), p. 8. Reginald 11848. Upper front corner tip bruised, top edge of text block dusty, a near fine copy in about very good pictorial dust jacket (illustrated by Philip Simmonds) with wear and shallow loss at spine ends and corner tips, several short closed tears, and front flap cleanly detached at flap fold. Overall, a fairly nice example of a scarce jacket which will present nicely if restored. (#111322).
Verlag: Philip Allan [1933], London, 1933
Anbieter: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, USA
Erstausgabe
First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-252 [253-256: ads], original yellow cloth, spine panel stamped in black. Original anthology collecting thirteen stories by Birkin (as "Charles Lloyd"), Douglas Newton, Elliott O'Donnell and others. Part of the classic fourteen volume "Creeps" series. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1351. Bleiler (1978), p. 8. Reginald 11946]. Upper corners bruised, lower corners soft, spine a bit darkened, a very good copy in a good dust jacket with chips and loss to spine panel including upper upper quarter, chipping along upper front panel and some black stains, and splits along front flap with small chips to corners. Uncommon in jacket. (31081).
Verlag: Philip Allan, London, 1935
Anbieter: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, USA
Erstausgabe
Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-249 [250-255: ads] [256: printer's imprint], original green cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Original anthology collecting fourteen stories by Tod Robbins, H. R. Wakefield, Birkin (as "Charles Lloyd") and others. In Patrick Carleton's "Doctor Horder's Room," an antiquarian vampire story after the manner of M. R. James, an Elizabethan magus battens upon young collegians for their precious bodily fluids. Part of the classic fourteen volume "Creeps" series. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1598. Carter, The Vampire in Literature, p. 57. Frost, The Monster with a Thousand Faces, p. 86. Bleiler (1948), p. 30. Not in Bleiler (1978). Reginald 14110. Narrow strip of fading to cloth at spine ends, else a fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with small chips at spine ends and corner tips, several short closed tears along folds, and two small internal tape mends. Among the scarcest books in the "Creeps" series and very uncommon in jacket. (#156064).
Verlag: Philip Allan, London, 1933
Anbieter: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, USA
Erstausgabe
Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-255 [256: ad], original dark blue cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Original anthology collecting twelve stories by Birkin (as "Charles Lloyd"), Tod Robbins and others. Features the first appearance of Frederick Cowles's "The Headless Leper," subsequently collected in the rare and much-sought HORROR OF ABBOT'S GRANGE (1936). Part of the classic fourteen volume "Creeps" series. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1234. Bleiler (1978), p. 8. Reginald 10687. Mild tanning to text block, but a fine copy in good pictorial dust jacket with chipping along top and bottom edges, the two largest at upper left corner of the spine panel with loss of "NI" in "NIGHTMARES," two chips along front spine fold, several short tears, and some internal tape mends, mostly along front spine fold. A fairly nice copy of one of scarcer Creeps titles to be found in dust jacket. (#161231).
Verlag: Philip Allan, London, 1934
Anbieter: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, USA
Erstausgabe
Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-243 [244: blank] [245-256: ads], original green cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Original anthology collecting ten stories by Lord Dunsany, Birkin (as "Charles Lloyd"), Russell Thorndike and others. Part of the classic fourteen volume "Creeps" series. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1329. Bleiler (1978), p. 8. Reginald 11848. A fine copy in very good or better pictorial dust jacket (illustrated by Philip Simmonds) with wear and shallow loss at spine ends and corner tips, rubbing along front flap fold, and several faint creases near the bottom edge of the front panel. Scarce in jacket. (#161232).
Verlag: Philip Allan, London, 1932
Anbieter: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, USA
Erstausgabe
Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-254 [255-256: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original gray cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Third book of the "Creeps" series. Collects nine stories, several original to this collection, by H. R. Wakefield, Birkin (as "Charles Lloyd"), Tod Robbins, Mrs. H. D. Everett ("The Death Mask"), Elliott O'Donnell and Philip Murray. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1474. Bleiler (1978), p. 8. Reginald 13043. A fine copy in bright, good pictorial dust jacket (illustrated by Nat. Long) with chip from upper spine end extending into "SHIVERS" with loss of "RS," 25 mm and 35 mm closed tears along lower spine folds, short closed tears along top and bottom edges of front flap fold, narrow chip at upper rear flap fold, 80 mm closed tear along lower rear flap fold, and light general dust soiling. Still, the very scarce jacket presents well overall. (#162977).
Verlag: Philip Allan, London, 1935
Anbieter: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, USA
Erstausgabe
Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-243 [244-253: ads] [254-256: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original red cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Original anthology of twelve stories by forgotten horror writers of the 1930s. Part of the classic fourteen volume "Creeps" series. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1574. Bleiler (1978), p. 8. Reginald 13978. A fine copy in bright, nearly fine pictorial dust jacket (illustrated by T. Cundall) with and several very short closed tears at top edge and a bit of mild general dust soiling to spine and rear panels. A stunning copy of one of the more uncommon "Creeps" books in jacket. . (#156967).
Verlag: Philip Allan, London, 1934
Anbieter: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, USA
Erstausgabe
Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-249 [250-256: ads], original gray cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Collects twelve stories, all but one original to this collection, by Vivian Meik, Elliott O'Donnell, Birkin (as "Charles Lloyd"), and others. Vivian Meik's "The Two Old Women" concerns African voodoo in London suburb, witches drawing blood and life-force of girl in dreams, probably to revive dead brother. Part of the classic fourteen volume "Creeps" series. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 450. Carter, The Vampire in Literature, p. 83. Frost, The Monster with a Thousand Faces, p. 86. Bleiler (1978), p. 8. Reginald 10241. Mild tanning to text block, but a fine copy in good pictorial dust jacket (illustrated by Philip Simmonds) with shallow chipping along top and bottom edges, mainly at spine ends and corner tips, tiny chip and rubbing along front flap fold, and three small ghosts, two on spine panel and one on front flap. A nice copy of one of scarcer Creeps titles to be found in dust jacket. (#161230).
Verlag: Philip Allan [1933], London, 1933
Anbieter: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, USA
Erstausgabe
First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-254 [255-256: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original tan cloth, spine panel stamped in black. Second book of the "Creeps" series. Collects eleven stories, several original to this collection, by H. R. Wakefield, Tod Robbins, Elliott O'Donnell, Birkin (as "Charles Lloyd"), and others. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1475. Bleiler (1978), p. 8. Reginald 13049]. Two ink stamps to front paste down, mild spotting to top page edges, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket (likely an export copy as no printed price to spine panel), Melbourne, Australia bookseller stamp affixed to spine panel, chip to head of spine panel affecting the "SH" in the title lettering, shallow loss at base of spine panel, large chip to left corner of rear flap, and age toning to the spine panel. The front panel is nice and bright. (31107).
Verlag: Philip Allan [1934], London, 1934
Anbieter: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, USA
Erstausgabe
First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-241 [242-254: ads] [255-256: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original red cloth, spine panel stamped in black. Original anthology collecting twelve stories by Elliott O'Donnell, Birkin (as "Charles Lloyd"), and others. Part of the classic fourteen volume "Creeps" series. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler (1978), p. 8. Reginald 11164. Not in Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction]. Darkening to text block, fade to spine and cloth edges, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild wear to corner tips and head of spine panel, two tiny chips to base of spine panel, and closed tears to lower rear panel with yellowed tape repairs. With a bright front panel, an above average copy in the uncommon dust jacket. (31108).
Verlag: Philip Allan, London, 1935
Anbieter: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, USA
Erstausgabe
Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-249 [250-255: ads] [256: printer's imprint], original green cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Original anthology collecting fourteen stories by Tod Robbins, H. R. Wakefield, Birkin (as "Charles Lloyd") and others. In Patrick Carleton's "Doctor Horder's Room," an antiquarian vampire story after the manner of M. R. James, an Elizabethan magus battens upon young collegians for their precious bodily fluids. Part of the classic fourteen volume "Creeps" series. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1598. Carter, The Vampire in Literature, p. 57. Frost, The Monster with a Thousand Faces, p. 86. Bleiler (1948), p. 30. Not in Bleiler (1978). Reginald 14110. A fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with small chips at spine ends and corner tips and closed tears to spine panel mended by a paper conservationist. Among the scarcest books in the "Creeps" series and very uncommon in jacket. (#154539).
Verlag: Philip Allan [1934], London, 1934
Anbieter: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, USA
Erstausgabe
First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-249 [250-256: ads], jacket illustration by Philip Simonds, original gray cloth, spine panel stamped in black. Collects twelve stories, all but one original to this collection, by Vivian Meik, Elliott O'Donnell, Birkin (as "Charles Lloyd"), and others. Vivian Meik's "The Two Old Women" concerns African voodoo in London suburb, witches drawing blood and life-force of girl in dreams, probably to revive dead brother. Part of the classic fourteen volume "Creeps" series. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 450. Carter, The Vampire in Literature, p. 83. Frost, The Monster with a Thousand Faces, p. 86. Bleiler (1978), p. 8. Reginald 10241]. Several very small black smudges to base of spine, a fine copy in a very good dust jacket with shallow chips to corners and upper left front panel, small chip to lower left front panel, shallow loss at head of spine panel, chip at base of spine panel affecting the publisher lettering, a couple small tears to upper rear panel. A nice copy with a bright front panel of one of scarcer Creeps titles to be found in dust jacket. (31080).
Verlag: Philip Allan, London, 1932
Anbieter: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, USA
Erstausgabe
Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-254 [255-256: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original gray cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Third book of the "Creeps" series. Collects nine stories, several original to this collection, by H. R. Wakefield, Birkin (as "Charles Lloyd"), Tod Robbins, Mrs. H. D. Everett ("The Death Mask"), Elliott O'Donnell and Philip Murray. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1474. Bleiler (1978), p. 8. Reginald 13043. Two tape ghosts on each free endpaper, else a fine copy in bright, very good pictorial dust jacket (illustrated by Nat. Long) with tanning to spine panel, wear with shallow loss at lower spine end and corner tips, shallow chip from upper spine end, and 15 mm closed tear at upper rear flap fold. Very scarce in jacket. (#154540).
Verlag: Philip Allan, London, 1934
Anbieter: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, USA
Erstausgabe
Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-243 [244: blank] [245-256: ads], original green cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Original anthology collecting ten stories by Lord Dunsany ("The Two Bottles of Relish"), Birkin (as "Charles Lloyd"), Russell Thorndike and others. Part of the classic fourteen-volume "Creeps" series. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1329. Bleiler (1978), p. 8. Reginald 11848. A fine copy in fine pictorial dust jacket (illustrated by Philip Simmonds) with hint of wear at edges. A stunning example of this very scarce in jacket. (#154538).
Verlag: London: Phillip Allan., 1933
Anbieter: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
First edition, first printing of this scarce horror anthology. Publisher's original dark blue cloth with black titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh with just a little wear at the spine corners. The contents with the habitual toning of the poor quality paper stock are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the better than very good lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has several tiny chips at the tips of the darkened spine and fold corners, with little in the way of loss. Correctly priced 2/6 net to the spine. A very attractive example of one of the scarcer titles in the highly collectable "Creeps" series, especially so in this condition. A collection of 12 stories, notable for the first appearance of Frederick Cowles' "The Headless Leper", subsequently collected in his 1936 publication 'The Horror Of Abbot's Grange'. (Bleiler) Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.