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The Opener of the Way
by Bloch, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0859780066
- ISBN 13
- 9780859780063
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-018: Neville Spearman. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Neville Spearman, London, UK. 1974. 309 pages. First Edition/First Printing (UK). DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (light scuffing present to the extremities). Bound in black cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards lightly rubbed and worn. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. The Opener of the Way is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by American writer Robert Bloch. It was released in 1945 and was the author's first book. It was published by Arkham House in an edition of 2,065 copies. A British hardcover was issued by Neville Spearman in 1974, with Panther Books issuing a two-volume paperback reprint in 1976. An Italian translation, with the stories reordered, appeared in 1991. The collection was never reprinted in the United States, but its contents (aside from Bloch's introduction) were included in the 1994 omnibus The Early Fears. E-158; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68573
- Title
- The Opener of the Way
- Author
- Bloch, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0859780066
- ISBN 13
- 9780859780063
- Publisher
- Neville Spearman
- Place of Publication
- E-018
- Date Published
- 1974
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