THE OPENER OF THE WAY
by Bloch, Robert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- Seller
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1945. xi,309,[1] pp. Publisher's black cloth, spine titled in gold, in pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Jacket lightly rubbed, lightly worn at extremities, else near fine. Near fine in a near fine jacket.
The full first book (preceded by a 40-page pamphlet) by H. P. Lovecraft protégé and author of PSYCHO, Robert Bloch, containing 21 short stories of fantasy and horror. With a dust jacket illustration and design by Ronald Clyne. One of 2065 copies printed.
DERLETH 10.
The full first book (preceded by a 40-page pamphlet) by H. P. Lovecraft protégé and author of PSYCHO, Robert Bloch, containing 21 short stories of fantasy and horror. With a dust jacket illustration and design by Ronald Clyne. One of 2065 copies printed.
DERLETH 10.
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Details
- Bookseller
- W. C. Baker Rare Books & Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 949
- Title
- THE OPENER OF THE WAY
- Author
- Bloch, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City
- Date Published
- 1945
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American literature, short stories, horror, fantasy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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W. C. Baker Rare Books & Ephemera
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Brooklyn, New York
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