New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1975. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. First Edition. Large octavo, (7" x 10.5"), illustrated stiff wraps. 353pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white movie stills and movie poster and playbill reproductions. By a pre-eminent connoisseur of the genre and author of "Scream Queens: Heroines of the Horrors". Includes film photographs of Lon Chaney Sr., Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price, Lon Caney Jr. Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre and many, many more. A very tight, square, crisp, clean, fresh unmarked and apparently unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. Fine..

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Bookseller: Brillig Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 05448
Title: Heroes of the Horrors
Author: Beck, Calvin Thomas
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0020121407
ISBN 13: 9780020121404
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Co.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1975
Keywords: HORROR, MURDER, MOVIE, FILM, HOLLYWOOD, CINEMA, CHANEY, LON, VINCENT PRICE, PETER LORRE, BELA LUGOSI, BORIS KARLOFF, HISTORY, PHOTOGRAPHS, CRITICISM, ACTOR, HERO, ACTING, BECK, SCARY,
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