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MIDNIGHT TALES. (MIDNIGHT HOUSE; DABBLERS; UNWINDING; MRS. ORMEROD; DOUBLE DEMON; TOOL; HEART OF THE FIRE; CLOCK; PETER LEVISHAM; MISS CORNELIUS; MAN WHO HATED ASPIDISTRAS; SAMBO; ACROSS THE MOORS; FOLLOWER; AUGUST HEAT; BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS, ETC.)
by Harvey, William Fryer. Edited and with introduction by Maurice Richardson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good-
- Seller
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Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: J.M. Dent, 1946. 200 pp, small 8vo (approx. 7 1/2" H) - black boards with white lettering on spine. Contains twenty stories selected from 'Midnight House', 'The Beast With Five Fingers', and 'Moods and Tenses'. Richardson 'introduces them with an essay on ghost stories in general and on Dr. Harvey and his stories in particular. Contents: Midnight House; The Dabblers; Unwinding; Mrs. Ormerod; Double Demon; The Tool; The Heart of the Fire; The Clock; Peter Levisham; Miss Cornelius; The Man Who Hated Aspidistras; Sambo; The Star; Across the Moors; The Follower; August Heat; Sarah Bennet's Possession; The Ankardyne Pew; Miss Avenal; The Beast With Five Fingers. Bequest bookplate on front free endpaper (from the actor Raymond Massey to his alma mater), small bookstore label on rear pastedown, minor wrinkle at bottom of spine, minor rubbing to boards. Dust jacket is price-clipped, has light to moderate edgewear, small chips at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, light browning, a few small closed tears with creases, some light waviness, light rubbing/soiling and 2" scratch on rear panel - now protected in removable mylar sleeve.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good-.
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- Bookseller
- Capricorn Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12004
- Title
- MIDNIGHT TALES. (MIDNIGHT HOUSE; DABBLERS; UNWINDING; MRS. ORMEROD; DOUBLE DEMON; TOOL; HEART OF THE FIRE; CLOCK; PETER LEVISHAM; MISS CORNELIUS; MAN WHO HATED ASPIDISTRAS; SAMBO; ACROSS THE MOORS; FOLLOWER; AUGUST HEAT; BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS, ETC.)
- Author
- Harvey, William Fryer. Edited and with introduction by Maurice Richardson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- William Fryer Harvey, Ghosts, Ghost stories, Hauntings, Supernatural, Psychological, Beast with Five Fingers, August Heat, Double Demon, Miss Cornelius, Midnight House, Man Who Hated Aspidistras, Horror Stories, Occult, Dabblers, Unwinding, Mrs. Omerod, H
- Bookseller catalogs
- Horror; Fantasy; Myths, Legends & Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
Capricorn Books
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Capricorn Books
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Oakville, Ontario
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