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ODD -- BUT EVEN SO: STORIES STRANGER THAN FICTION
by Wren, P[ercival] C[hristopher]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Cloth edges a bit faded, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with rubbing to the edges, closed tear to the upper front
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company, 1942. First U. S. edition. Cloth edges a bit faded, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with rubbing to the edges, closed tear to the upper front spine fold, slight loss to corner tips. (23612). Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-337 [338: blank] [note: pagination starts with free end paper], original greenish gray cloth, front and spine stamped in dark orange, top edge stained orange, fore edge uncut, bottom edge rough cut. Collects fifteen short stories in two sections labeled "Queer" and "Quaint." "A miscellaneous collection of macabre and mainstream material which includes three supernatural pieces." - Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 504.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23612
- Title
- ODD -- BUT EVEN SO: STORIES STRANGER THAN FICTION
- Author
- Wren, P[ercival] C[hristopher]
- Book Condition
- Used - Cloth edges a bit faded, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with rubbing to the edges, closed tear to the upper front
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U. S. edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macrae Smith Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- SC . Lit . Horror
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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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