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Dagon and Other Macabre Tales
by Lovecraft, H.P
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0870540394
- ISBN 13
- 9780870540394
- Seller
-
Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
USA: Arkham House Publishing, Inc., 1987. 448pp. photo frontispiece. Black boards, gilt lettering on the spine. The outer edges are lightly foxed, minimal rubbing to the bottom edges, otherwise a fine, unmarked copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket lightly soiled. in mylar sleeve. This is "a collection of stories by American author H. P. Lovecraft, which also includes his essay on weird fiction, 'Supernatural Horror in Literature'. the third in a three-volume set of the collected macabre fiction that embodies the author’s own final thoughts and stylistic preferences. Based upon S.T. Joshi’s extensive and painstaking collation of extant manuscript materials, this new Lovecraft edition from Arkham House is the only completely authoritative text and supersedes all previous editions.". Corrected Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Thick Octavo.
Synopsis
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales is a collection of stories by American author H. P. Lovecraft. It was originally published in 1965 by Arkham House in an edition of 3,471 copies. The collection was revised in 1986 by S.T. Joshi replacing the introduction by August Derleth for one by Joshi and another by T. E. D. Klein. The bulk of the tales were also reordered chronologically, while some tales were moved to appendices. It was released in an edition of 4,023 copies.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031819
- Title
- Dagon and Other Macabre Tales
- Author
- Lovecraft, H.P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- Corrected Seventh Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0870540394
- ISBN 13
- 9780870540394
- Publisher
- Arkham House Publishing, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Horror Macabre Fiction
- Size
- Thick Octavo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
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- New
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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