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The Midnight Ghost Book - A Bumper Collection Of Ghosts Stories
by James Hale (Editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 021420586X
- ISBN 13
- 9780214205866
- Seller
-
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Book Club Associates, 1979. Book Club Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book club edition first printing. Hardback book is tight and clean with lean. Boards sharp and clean, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, and white with very light toning to top edge. Feels lightly read. Very good condition. Jacket has small rubs to foreedge corners, a touch of sunning to spine and light handling marks to the panels. Jacket also grades very good. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A solid example of this collection of 24 ghost stories, by well know authors in the supernatural and horror genres. The stories are: Breakages by Fay Weldon; Witch's Kitten by Fred Urquhart; Figments by Janice Elliott; The Girl of My Dreams by Donald E. Westlake; Tenants by Celia Dale; The Spirit of Service by H. R. F. Keating; On the Train to Chemnitz by Peter Tinniswood; The Party by James Hamilton-Paterson; The Gramophone by Steve Stern; Call by Owen Brookes [as by Dulan Barber]; The Lady of the May by Michael Stewart; Four Ash Cottage by Dulcie Gray; The Necessary Authority by Giles Gordon; The Loadstar by Alex Hamilton; Alice by Jennifer Jenkins; Waking or Sleeping by Willis Hall; Game by Katherine Talbot; The Lovers by Alexander Cordell; Dust by R. B. Hart; There's a Time to Stop Looking by David Pownall; A Walk with Harris by Forrest Webb; Hyacinth by Tom Caslon; The Talisman by Brian Freemantle; Moth by Sam Gulliver.
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- Seller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 006965
- Title
- The Midnight Ghost Book - A Bumper Collection Of Ghosts Stories
- Author
- James Hale (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 021420586X
- ISBN 13
- 9780214205866
- Publisher
- Book Club Associates
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Horror;
- X weight
- 1200 g
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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. All books, where possible, are sent by signed and tracked services and our postage prices reflect this. We cannot normally send to overseas PO Box addresses. Purchasers may need to provide a phone number for heavier or valuable items as per our courier requirements. We only use airmail for overseas orders, we will not use surface mail.
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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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- 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....
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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