TALES OF TERROR by Dick Donovan [pseudonym] Muddock, James Edward Preston, wri

Description: TALES OF TERROR BY DICK DONOVAN (pseudonym for Joyce Emmerson Preston Muddock) (Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-325 [326: blank] [327: publisher's device] [328: blank] + 32-page catalogue dated "Sept. 1899" inserted at rear, original pictorial burgundy cloth, front panel stamped in tan, white and black, spine panel stamped in gold, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. "Wonderfully lurid sensational horror stories, in full-blooded manner of Victorian melodrama; story titles such as 'The Corpse Light,' 'The Cave of Blood,' and 'A Night of Horror' say it all." - Robert Knowlton. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 68. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 2-70. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 130. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-66. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 192. Bleiler (1978), p. 62. Reginald 10482. Bookseller blind stamp (W. H. Smith) at upper corner of front free endpaper. Re-backed sympathetically... likely sometime in the 1970's (note the amazing color match which, alas, has Lippincott instead of the correct Chatto & Windus at the bottom of the spine). Spine title clearly of the copy technology available in the time it was restored (likely in the 70's). Cloth rubbed at corner tips, spine ends and along outer joints, offsetting to endpapers, Gutters starting but holding well - hairline cracks along inner hinges, some moderate foxing, A charmingly restored copy of a scarce book. Great way to own this cornerstone title at an inexpensive price.. NOTE: I have a myriad of other rare and desirable books that are about to be listed, both antiquarian and limited edition - all supernatural in nature - PLEASE KEEP AN EYE ON MY LISTINGS - Thank you!

Price: 400 USD

Location: Covington, Georgia

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