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THE FEASTING DEAD
by Metcalfe, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with some mild rubbing to the corner tips and spine ends. (22853)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1954. First edition. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with some mild rubbing to the corner tips and spine ends. (22853). Octavo, cloth. 1242 copies printed. THE FEASTING DEAD is a novelette concerning vampirism. "British writer of subtle, finely crafted supernatural tales, many of them about lonely misfits out of step with their times ... Metcalfe's stories, typically, rely upon fragments of letters, snatches of half-remembered conversation, liquor-dulled reminiscences, murky dreams, fleetingly described photographs, and veiled references to messages never actually quoted." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 290. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-236. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-178. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1171.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22853
- Title
- THE FEASTING DEAD
- Author
- Metcalfe, John
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with some mild rubbing to the corner tips and spine ends. (22853)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City, Wisconsin
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Horror
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
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