SCREAMS: THREE NOVELS OF SUSPENSE
by Bloch, Robert
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with some mild rubbing to right edge of front panel and a touch of rubbing to spine ends and c
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About This Item
San Rafael, CA, Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1989. First hardcover edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with some mild rubbing to right edge of front panel and a touch of rubbing to spine ends and corner tips, with cloth slipcase. (21467). Octavo, cloth. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Bloch, this is copy number 1. Collects The Will to Kill (1954), Firebug (1961), and The Star Stalker (1968). First hardcover edition for all titles (all first printed in paperback). The Will to Kill "tells of a Korean War veteran searching to the secret of his periodic mental blackouts"; "Firebug was the story of a murderous pyromaniac"; "The Stark Stalker, an evocative novel set in Hollywood during the last days of silent movies." - Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 82-84.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21467
- Title
- SCREAMS: THREE NOVELS OF SUSPENSE
- Author
- Bloch, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with some mild rubbing to right edge of front panel and a touch of rubbing to spine ends and c
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First hardcover edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Underwood-Miller
- Place of Publication
- San Rafael, CA, Columbia, PA
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Mystery . Signed
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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