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Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural: A Treausury of Spellbinding Tales Old & New
by Kaye, Marvin (Ed); Kaye, Saralee (Ed)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385185499
- ISBN 13
- 9780385185493
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. Book Club Edition (BCE) . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Gorey, Edward. Another in this series of stories collected by Kaye with DJ illustrations by the late, great, Edward Gorey. Collection of 53 stories, some adapted or translated or written by Kaye, from notable names in literature (R. L. Stevenson, Shelley, Tennyson, Turgenev), sci-fi (Sturgeon, Matheson), mystery (Runyon, Carr), & horror (Bloch, Stoker, Aickman, Bierce). 623 pages. Issued by Doubleday Book & Music Clubs (Book Club Edition), this hardcover is in Near Fine condition: completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white. Only real flaw is former owner's name in pen to ffep, else unmarked. The unclipped DJ has magnificent gray black & white cover art by Gorey which covers the entire jacket, back, front, & spine. Condition is also Near Fine, marred only by very mild rubbing to all corners; beautifully protected in mylar cover which has a nearly invisible light crease parallel to fore edge on front. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Seller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 021639
- Title
- Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural: A Treausury of Spellbinding Tales Old & New
- Author
- Kaye, Marvin (Ed); Kaye, Saralee (Ed)
- Illustrator
- Gorey, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition (BCE)
- ISBN 10
- 0385185499
- ISBN 13
- 9780385185493
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- GOREY ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWING HORROR SHORT STORIES SUPERNATURAL HAUNTING GHOSTS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror; Literature/Literary Criticism/Poetry/Short Stories; Illustrated Books/Illustrators / Edward Gorey;
Terms of Sale
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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- Book Club Edition
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- New
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