The Empty House
by Blackwood, Algernon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st reprint, with unclipped d/j, black boards, text block firm, pages unmarked.
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Baker, 1969. 1st reprint. hardback. Very good, 1st reprint, with unclipped d/j, black boards, text block firm, pages unmarked.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Aunt Julia, an elderly spinster with a mania for psychical research, has the keys to the haunted house on the square. She invites her nephew to accompany her on a midnight investigation into what really happened a hundred years ago when a servant girl fell to her death. But the house may not be as empty as it seems . . .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC27851
- Title
- The Empty House
- Author
- Blackwood, Algernon
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st reprint, with unclipped d/j, black boards, text block firm, pages unmarked.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Baker
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1969
- Pages
- 316
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Reprint, ghost stories, short stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...