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The Haunter of the Dark
by Lovecraft, H.P
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Gollancz, 1951. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing 1951. Hardback book is reasonably tight and square. Both the upper and lower board have softened corners and fading. The spine is faded, with rubbed and bumped ends, the black titles also have some rubbing but are still legible. Text block edges have toning, more pronounced to the top edge. The pastedowns have very light offset toning, other than that the rest of the pages are very crisp and unblemished, although there is the occasional turned corner. Feels read is still firmly bound. Grades as good condition. No jacket. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A jacket less solid copy of this first printing Lovecraft title, with an introduction By August Derleth and featuring some of the classic Lovecraftian tales: The Outsider, Rats in the Walls; Pickman's Model; The Call of Cthulhu; The Dunwich Horror; The Whisperer in Darkness; The Colour Out of Space; The Haunter of the Dark; The Thing on the Doorstep and The Music Erich of Zann
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006053
- Title
- The Haunter of the Dark
- Author
- Lovecraft, H.P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Pages
- 303
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 1.54 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Horror;
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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- 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....
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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