Wakefield, h erbert russell (13 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. H[erbert] Russell Wakefield. Ghost Stories. NY: Arno Press, 1976, 1st. edition, 1st. printing this publisher, 288 pp., publisher's catalog (iii). *** Originally published in 1932 with facsimile of first edition included in this volume. A collection of twenty-one (21) short sto…

First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-320, original blue cloth, front and spine stamped in yellow. The author's first book. Partial previous owner's printed label affixed to front paste down, long tear to first page of text, some foxing throughout, cloth worn, rubbed, and some faded patches and stains, a fair copy. Uncommon. (28188…

Octavo, cloth. First edition. 2070 copies printed. Collects fourteen stories, plus Wakefield's introduction, "Farewell to All Those!," in which he states that he has "written my last ghost story" and he believes "ghost story writing to be a dying art." Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-382. Barron (ed), Horror Literature…

First edition. Octavo, cloth. 4040 copies printed. This edition is expanded, adding four stories, "A Fishing Story," "Used Car," "Death of A Poacher" and "Knock! Knock! Who's There?," and introduction, "Why I Write Ghost Stories," not included in the 1940 Jenkins edition. "Wakefield was a consistently competent writer who took u…

First U.S. edition. Octavo, cloth. 4040 copies printed. This edition is expanded, adding four stories, "A Fishing Story," "Used Car," "Death of A Poacher" and "Knock! Knock! Who's There?," and introduction, "Why I Write Ghost Stories," not included in the 1940 Jenkins edition. "Wakefield was a consistently competent writer who t…

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-265 [266], original black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First U.S. edition. First printing with "(1)" at base of text on page [266]. Collects ten stories. "The first and best of the author's several collections." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-200. "Excellent stories." - Bleiler, The Guid…

First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-288 [289-296: ads], original gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. Collects twenty-one stories, four of which appear here for the first time in a book. [Reference: Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1644. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-213. See Barron (ed), Horror Liter…

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-274 [275] [276: blank] [277: ads] [278: blank], original light green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First U.S. edition. First printing with code "(1)" at base of text on page [275]. Published earlier in Britain as OLD MAN'S BEARD (1929). Collects fifteen stories. ". features several fine stud…

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-274 [275] [276: blank] [277: ads] [278: blank], original light green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First U.S. edition. First printing with code "(1)" at base of text on page [275]. Published earlier in Britain as OLD MAN'S BEARD (1929). Collects fifteen stories. ". features several fine stud…

Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-313 [314: blank] [315-316: ads] [note: first leaf is a blank], original black cloth, front panel ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition, probable first binding. Collects ten stories. "The first and best of the author's several collections." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-200. "Excell…

First edition, probable first binding. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-313 [314: blank] [315-316: ads] [note: first leaf is a blank], original black cloth, front panel ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold. Collects ten stories. "The first and best of the author's several collections." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-200. "Excell…

Octavo, pp. original blue boards, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition, first printing. The very scarce first printing, printed on slightly better paper than the second printing (which retains the first printing statement on the copyright page). There were several bindings, this one being mesh patterned boards…