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THE UNINVITED
by Macardle, Dorothy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Some toning to end papers, some erasures to front free end paper, a clean, nearly fine copy in an attractive very good dust jack
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1942. First edition. Some toning to end papers, some erasures to front free end paper, a clean, nearly fine copy in an attractive very good dust jacket with a small "v" chip to upper front panel, several tiny tears and crease to lower front panel, light wear to spine ends with shallow loss at head of spine panel, mild color fade to spine panel. (25433). Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] [1] 2-342, original blue-green cloth, spine stamped in gold. A brother and sister move to rural Devon and purchase Cliff House in which they find it is haunted by a ghost. The author's best known novel which became a bestseller U. S. (first published in the U. K. as UNEASY FREEHOLD, 1941). Filmed in 1944 with Ray Milland. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 124. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1064. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 275. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 128. Reginald 09409A.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25433
- Title
- THE UNINVITED
- Author
- Macardle, Dorothy
- Book Condition
- Used - Some toning to end papers, some erasures to front free end paper, a clean, nearly fine copy in an attractive very good dust jack
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- Horror . Film source
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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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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