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THE GREEN ROUND
by Machen, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Some mild foxing and age tanning to paste-downs and free end papers, text paper age darkened, top edge foxed, small stain to low
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Ernest Benn Limited, [1933]. First edition. Some mild foxing and age tanning to paste-downs and free end papers, text paper age darkened, top edge foxed, small stain to lower right corner of spine, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with shelf wear with minor loss to corner tips and upper spine panel, chip to the lower right spine panel affecting the 'n' in Benn, some overall soiling and age tanning to the spine panel. Uncommon in jacket. (20290). Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-7] 8-218 [219: blank] [220: printer's imprint] [221-222: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original red cloth, spine panel stamped in black. The author's last novel. "... a shocker written on assignment, tells of a man whose life is clogged with horrors set by the Little People." - Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction Writers, p. 357. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-134. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1081. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 278. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 130. Reginald 09461. Goldstone and Sweetser 46a.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20290
- Title
- THE GREEN ROUND
- Author
- Machen, Arthur
- Book Condition
- Used - Some mild foxing and age tanning to paste-downs and free end papers, text paper age darkened, top edge foxed, small stain to low
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ernest Benn Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1933]
- Keywords
- Horror
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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