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REVELATIONS IN BLACK
by Jacobi, Carl
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Inked name to front paste down, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild shelf wear to spine ends and corner tips
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. First edition. Inked name to front paste down, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild shelf wear to spine ends and corner tips, some wrinkles to lower rear panel into lower spine panel and some age toning to the spine panel and flap edges. (22782). Octavo, jacket art by Ronald Clyne, cloth. The author's first book. This collects twenty-one stories first published in the pulps, mostly in WEIRD TALES. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-104. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 893. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-124.
Synopsis
Revelations in Black is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author Carl Jacobi. It was released in 1947 and was the author's first book. It was published by Arkham House in an edition of 3,082 copies. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Weird Tales and Startling Stories.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22782
- Title
- REVELATIONS IN BLACK
- Author
- Jacobi, Carl
- Book Condition
- Used - Inked name to front paste down, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild shelf wear to spine ends and corner tips
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Horror . SF . SC
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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