THE DEAD RIDERS
by O'Donnell, Elliott
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy, corner tips a little soft in a very good price clipped dust jacket (with new price of 10/6 stamped to lower flap ed
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London, New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Cape Town: Rider and Company, [1952]. First edition. A fine copy, corner tips a little soft in a very good price clipped dust jacket (with new price of 10/6 stamped to lower flap edge), light edge rubbing, touch of shelf wear to head of spine panel, minor loss to base of spine panel and corners. (13816). Octavo, cloth. Weird novel of intrigue, sorcery, and black magic. "A straight-ahead, fast-paced pulpish adventure yarn with some chilling injections of supernaturalism by an author whose primary writings were a series of 'nonfiction' studies of the occult." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-246. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, pp. 140-41. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1251. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 390. Reginald 10917.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13816
- Title
- THE DEAD RIDERS
- Author
- O'Donnell, Elliott
- Book Condition
- New A fine copy, corner tips a little soft in a very good price clipped dust jacket (with new price of 10/6 stamped to lower flap ed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rider and Company
- Place of Publication
- London, New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Cape Town
- Date Published
- [1952]
- Keywords
- Horror
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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