Midnight Tales
by Bram Stoker
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London : Peter Owen , 1990. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". none . A chilling first edition collection of short horror stories by a master of the genre, Bram Stoker. This is a first Peter Owen Edition of Bram Stoker's Midnight Tales, edited and with an introduction by Peter Haining. Bram Stoker was an Irish author, celebrated for his Gothic horror tale Dracula with Stoker being an early master of the horror genre.Some of the short stories in this collection had not been reprinted since their original magazine publication and include The Specter of Doom, Death in the Wings, The Squaw and A Criminal Start. With illustrations throughout the text and in the unclipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart with some light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dustwrapper which remains smart with a few marks to the wraps. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 824B21
- Title
- Midnight Tales
- Author
- Bram Stoker
- Illustrator
- none
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Peter Owen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- bram stoker Midnight Tales horror stories Midnight Tales
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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