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GHOST STORY
by Straub, Peter
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Tanning to upper board edges, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with mild shelf wear to the edges, two small ragged ch
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., [1979]. First edition. Tanning to upper board edges, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with mild shelf wear to the edges, two small ragged chips at the base of the spine panel. (26874). Octavo, cloth backed boards. "A seminal work of modern dark fantasy" - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-351. Basis for the 1981 film with the same title. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books 81. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 607-11. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-208. King list, p. 391. Winter list, p. 271.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26874
- Title
- GHOST STORY
- Author
- Straub, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used - Tanning to upper board edges, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with mild shelf wear to the edges, two small ragged ch
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1979]
- Keywords
- Film Source . Horror .
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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