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Edité par Philip Allan & Co., Ltd. [1928], London, 1928
Vendeur : John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
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).
Edité par Geoffrey Bles, London, 1933
Vendeur : John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
First edition. Octavo, boards. Author's first mystery novel. A good copy, discoloration to boards along right front edge, left rear edge, spine a touch faded. Uncommon. (7693).
Edité par Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1946
Vendeur : John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, Etats-Unis
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 took up where M. R. James left off in extending the core of the British tradition through the period between the wars." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-200. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1646. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-212. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. A sharp copy. (#169391) (30026).
Edité par Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1946
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. 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 up where M. R. James left off in extending the core of the British tradition through the period between the wars." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-200. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1646. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-212. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. A sharp copy. (#169391).
Edité par D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1928
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
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 Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1641. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 177. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 445-46. Bleiler (1978), p. 201. Reginald 14769. Gold lettering on spine panel a trifle dull, contemporary newspaper review of the book tipped in on verso of rear free endpaper, a bright, nearly fine copy. Formerly August Derleth's copy with his calling card affixed to the front free endpaper. (#75878).
Edité par Jonathan Cape [1932], London, 1932
Vendeur : John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
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. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1644. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-213. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-200. Bleiler (1978), p. 201. Reginald 14764. Blind stamp to lower corner of front free end paper, a nearly fine copy in a very good 2/- priced dust jacket with light wear to corner tips and spine ends with shallow loss, long closed tear to right rear panel and over all moderate age toning. Uncommon in jacket. (31106).
Edité par D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1929
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
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 studies of supernatural malevolence, two of the best being 'The Cairn' and 'Blind Man's Buff.'" - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-200. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1642. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 446. Bleiler (1978), p. 201. Reginald 14767A. A fine copy in very good decorated dust jacket with some shallow chipping and fraying along top and bottom edges, largely at spine ends and corner tips, and 20x25 mm v-chip at bottom edge of front panel. Formerly Donald Wandrei's copy with his signature on front paste-down. A nice association copy. (#9409).
Edité par D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1929
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
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 studies of supernatural malevolence, two of the best being 'The Cairn' and 'Blind Man's Buff.'" - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-200. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1642. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 446. Bleiler (1978), p. 201. Reginald 14767A. Contemporary newspaper review of the book tipped in on verso of rear free endpaper, faint offset on rear paste-down, else a bright, fine copy. Formerly, August Derleth's copy with his signature dated 1929 on front free endpaper. (#75877).
Edité par Philip Allan & Co., London, 1928
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
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. "Excellent stories." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1641. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 177. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 445-46. Bleiler (1978), p. 201. Reginald 14769. Early owner's signature dated February 1928 on front free endpaper, some light spotting to top edge of pages, a very good copy. Copies in the first binding are uncommon. (#154587).
Edité par Philip Allan & Co., Ltd. [1928], London, 1928
Vendeur : John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
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. "Excellent stories." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1641. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 177. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 445-46. Bleiler (1978), p. 201. Reginald 14769. Formerly Hugh Lamb's copy with his inked signature on the front free end paper, slight lean, corners slightly bruised, spine ends a little pushed, a few tiny stains to rear cover, a very good to nearly fine copy. An as new facsimile dust jacket is included. (28186).
Edité par Geoffrey Bles, London, 1929
Vendeur : Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
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 lettered in black. Issued later in the U.S. as OTHERS WHO RETURNED. Collects fifteen stories. ". features several fine studies of supernatural malevolence, two of the best being "The Cairn" and "Blind Man's Buff." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-200. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1642. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 446. Bleiler (1978), p. 201. Reginald 14767. Boards rubbed along outer joints, spine panel just a bit sunned, a very good copy. (#171166).