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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories My Mother Never Told Me
by Various Writers
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1963. VG/VG- First Edition. Stated First Printing. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and black boards. Yellow top stain. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($5.95) with chipping and crinkles to spine ends and light shelf wear. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 401 pages. 6 x 8½".
There are twelve hardback volumes in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents (AHP) anthology series. "Stories My Mother Never Told Me" is the fourth volume and is considered by many to be the best. It contains twenty-three short stories, two novelettes and one novel. The stories are above average for this genre, including "Dip in the Pool" by Roald Dahl, "The Wind" by Ray Bradbury, "The Summer People" by Shirley Jackson, "The Children of Noah" by Richard Matheson, "The Secret of the Bottle" by Gerald Kersh" and "Some of Your Blood" by Theodore Sturgeon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4367
- Title
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories My Mother Never Told Me
- Author
- Various Writers
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Pages
- 401
- Size
- 6 x 8.5
- Weight
- 4.00 lbs
- Keywords
- alfred hitchcock presents, horror
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions;
Terms of Sale
Armadillo Alley Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Armadillo Alley Books
Biblio member since 2020
Carrollton, Texas
About Armadillo Alley Books
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- Chipping
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- New
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