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The Travelling Grave and Other Stories
by Hartley, L.P
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1948. Macabre stories by this British author, better known for his crime fiction, some published here for the first time. One of 2047 printed; the 31st Arkham publication. Jacket by frequent Derleth collaborator Frank Utpatel. Light general wear to book, minor chipping to spine titling; small bookplate inside front cover; jacket tanned, rubbed & chipped, scuffing to front flap where some green pen scribblings are partly erased; endsheets tanned. Text clean; [6], 235 pages + colophon.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 5½" by 7¾".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- u0289
- Title
- The Travelling Grave and Other Stories
- Author
- Hartley, L.P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City, WI
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Horror, Weird Tales, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Macabre
- Size
- 5½" by 7¾"
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...