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SHOCKS
by Blackwood, Algernon
- Used
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with 2/6 price sticker affixed over print price of 7/6 at lower front flap, light
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Grayson & Grayson, [1935]. First edition. A fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with 2/6 price sticker affixed over print price of 7/6 at lower front flap, light wear to corner tips with slight loss, creasing and small 'v' chip at upper spine panel, a touch of rubbing to lower spine panel. The striking front panel is bright. A nice copy of an uncommon book and scarce in jacket. (30750). Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-8] 9-300 [301-302: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original black cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained green. Collects fifteen stories. The last collection of new material published in Blackwood's lifetime. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 197. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 216. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 38-40. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-36. Bleiler (1978), p. 25. Reginald 01403. Ashley A.41.1.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30750
- Title
- SHOCKS
- Author
- Blackwood, Algernon
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with 2/6 price sticker affixed over print price of 7/6 at lower front flap, light
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Grayson & Grayson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1935]
- Keywords
- Horror & Supernatural
Terms of Sale
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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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