THE CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE
by Wakefield, H[erbert] R[ussell]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild wear to spine ends and corner tips, some age toning to spine panel and e
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1946. First U. S. edition. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild wear to spine ends and corner tips, some age toning to spine panel and edges. (22802). Octavo, jacket art by Ronald Clyne, cloth. This edition is expanded, adding four stories, "A Fishing Story," "Used Car," "Death of A Poacher" and "Knock! Knock! Who's There?," and introduction, "Why I Write Ghost Stories," not included in the 1940 Jenkins edition. "Wakefield was a consistently competent writer who took up where M. R. James left off in extending the core of the British tradition through the period between the wars." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-200. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 3-200. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #1646.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22802
- Title
- THE CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE
- Author
- Wakefield, H[erbert] R[ussell]
- Book Condition
- Used - A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild wear to spine ends and corner tips, some age toning to spine panel and e
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U. S. edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- Horror . SC
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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