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Roads.
by Quinn, Seabury
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Fallon, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Sauk City:: Arkham House,, 1948.. First edition.. Hardcover.. Publishers black cloth gilt title to spine about near fine an excellent copy with illustrations by Virgil Finlay. Illustrated dust jacket with very minor rubbing to edges still presents about near fine in new protective mylar. 2137 copies printed. The first book to be illustrated in Arkham House limited series. Weird fiction novella expanded on a 1938 issue of Weird Tales. Tymn Horror Lit: 4-192. Barron Fantasy Lit: 3-309.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dark Parks Books & Collectibles
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29367
- Title
- Roads.
- Author
- Quinn, Seabury
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Arkham House,
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City:
- Date Published
- 1948.
- Size
- Hardcover.
Terms of Sale
Dark Parks Books & Collectibles
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Dark Parks Books & Collectibles
Biblio member since 2016
Fallon, Nevada
About Dark Parks Books & Collectibles
Early english printed books specializing in occult, science, religion and oddities. We also have a strong emphasis on modern first editions of horror, sci-fi, and fantasy.
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