The Opener of the Way by Robert Bloch - 1960

spearman, 1974, first edition jacket only, NO BOOK, . very good + WRINKLEY, but no chips or tears

The Opener of the Way, Bloch, Robert. Published by Panther, 1976. Softcover. Has toning, a small stain top edge free endpaper, moderate cover wear.
Robert Albert Bloch (1917-1994) was a prolific American writer, primarily of crime, horror, fantasy, and science fiction. He was the recipient of the Hugo Award, the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Psycho and in 1994 he won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement. He is best known as the writer of Psycho, the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock.

Neville Spearman Publ., 1974. First Edition THUS. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. First edition THUS. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to the boards. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Jersey: Neville Spearman. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1974. First English Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The first UK edition following on the 1945 US edition by Arkham House. A fine copy in a NF DJ now with a brodart cover. Provenance - From the Gary Munson Collection; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Neville Spearman, 1974 First printing in Near Fine condition with a Very Good unclipped Dust Jacket protected by a Mylar Brodart. Signed to previous owner on the first page by Robert Bloch. Previous owner gift inscription on inside front cover.. Signed by Author. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover.

Very Good book in Good+ dj. Full cloth boards in blue with gold lettering on spine. Tight and square with overall age-toning to interior pages. No po. Not price clipped. DJ has closed tear at head of spine. Reprint of 1945 Arkham House publication. Now in protective mylar.

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… Read More

THE OPENER OF THE WAY, Spearman, 1974, first English edition, vg+ in like dust-wrapper. INSCRIBED by the author.

Light rubbing to boards, minor wear to price-clipped jacket, else fine. JHN-336. Robert Bloch. The Opener of the Way. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1945. First edition. Octavo. 309pp. Publisher's black cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, original dust jacket with cover art by Ronald Clyne. .

Arkham House, 1945-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0.8661 11.6142 5.4331. First edition, first book published by Robert Bloch. Dust jacket shows minor wear, tanning, and rubbing to the extremities. Bookplate of former owner on the front free endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.