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THE "CREEPS" OMNIBUS, containing CREEPS, SHUDDERS and SHIVERS in One Volume.
by BIRKIN, Charles Lloyd [Anonymous editor]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Philip Allan, [1935]. First Edition. Thick octavo, original yellow cloth titled in black on spine panel. 638 pp. Covers soiled and with some foxing to the spine, page edges foxed, a very good, sound copy of a very scarce book, now in a modern colour facsimile dust jacket.
¶ Collects together in one volume the 29 weird supernatural tales from the first three titles in the publisher's "Creeps" Series.
¶ Collects together in one volume the 29 weird supernatural tales from the first three titles in the publisher's "Creeps" Series.
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- Bookseller
- Thompson Rare Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 312254
- Title
- THE "CREEPS" OMNIBUS, containing CREEPS, SHUDDERS and SHIVERS in One Volume.
- Author
- BIRKIN, Charles Lloyd [Anonymous editor]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philip Allan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1935]
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Glossary
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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