Search Results: the opener of the way by robert bloch

spearman, 1974, first edition ,, . very good + WRINKLEY, but no chips or tears jacket only, NO BOOK

The Opener of the Way, Bloch, Robert. Published by Panther, 1976. Softcover. Has toning, a small stain top edge free endpaper, moderate cover wear.
Robert Albert Bloch (1917-1994) was a prolific American writer, primarily of crime, horror, fantasy, and science fiction. He was the recipient of the Hugo Award, the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Psycho and in 1994 he won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement. He is best known as the writer of Psycho, the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock.

Neville Spearman Publ., 1974. First Edition THUS. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. First edition THUS. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to the boards. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Neville Spearman, 1975. First British edition, first printing . Hardcover. Offset from the Arkham House edition. The author's first hardcover book following a small British pamphlet. Collects 21 of Bloch's stories. Attractive bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper hidden under the dust jacket flap. Top edge of text block foxed, else fine in fine dust jacket with mild rubbing and line of non-ink transfer during printing along the fold of the front flap.

Jersey: Neville Spearman. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1974. First English Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The first UK edition following on the 1945 US edition by Arkham House. A fine copy in a NF DJ now with a brodart cover. Provenance - From the Gary Munson Collection; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Neville Spearman, 1974 First printing in Near Fine condition with a Very Good unclipped Dust Jacket protected by a Mylar Brodart. Signed to previous owner on the first page by Robert Bloch. Previous owner gift inscription on inside front cover.. Signed by Author. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover.

1974. Neville Spearman Limited. Jersey. 1974. First edition, UK. Hardback with DW. Minor shelfwear to spine and foxing to endpapers and edges. Small nick to edge of upper board otherwise a clean and sound copy in wrapper that is slightly worn to edges with a few close tears and a couple of internal neat repairs with tape.

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN.: Fedogan & Bremer / F&B, 1994, 1st Edition, First Printing (collects the ARKHAM HOUSE Editions of The Opener of the Way and Pleasant Dreams Nightmares ), 1994. ----------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Fine example, small smudge mark on the bottom edge of the text block, small mark on front fixed endpaper (from the printer/printing company )in a Fine dustjacket, unread, one of 2300 copies, signed by Bloch on the title page without inscription, one of the last signings Bloch ever did so there are not a lot of signed copies avialble, ---Collects thirty-nine stories - all from his first two short story collections (''The Opener Of The Way'' and ''Pleasant Dreams'', both published by Arkham House, 1945 and 1960 respectively), plus three previously uncollected stories, contents include: the View from 1993 (essay); the Cloak; Beetles; the Fiddler's Fee; the Mannikin; the Strange Flight of Richard… Read More

Very Good book in Good+ dj. Full cloth boards in blue with gold lettering on spine. Tight and square with overall age-toning to interior pages. No po. Not price clipped. DJ has closed tear at head of spine. Reprint of 1945 Arkham House publication. Now in protective mylar.

E-018: Neville Spearman. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Neville Spearman, London, UK. 1974. 309 pages. First Edition/First Printing (UK). DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (light scuffing present to the extremities). Bound in black cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards lightly rubbed and worn. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. The Opener of the Way is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by American writer Robert Bloch. It was released in 1945 and was the author's first book. It was published by Arkham House in an edition of 2,065 copies. A British hardcover was issued by Neville Spearman in 1974, with Panther Books issuing a two-volume paperback reprint in 1976. An Italian translation, with the stories reordered, appeared in 1991. The collection was never reprinted in the United… Read More

THE OPENER OF THE WAY, Spearman, 1974, first English edition, vg+ in like dust-wrapper. INSCRIBED by the author.

Light rubbing to boards, minor wear to price-clipped jacket, else fine. JHN-336. Robert Bloch. The Opener of the Way. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1945. First edition. Octavo. 309pp. Publisher's black cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, original dust jacket with cover art by Ronald Clyne. .

Arkham House, 1945-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0.8661 11.6142 5.4331. First edition, first book published by Robert Bloch. Dust jacket shows minor wear, tanning, and rubbing to the extremities. Bookplate of former owner on the front free endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.

arkham, first edition , 1945. near fine hardcover near fine jacket slight spine darkening, soiled rear to jacket, name written on ep

arkham, first edition hardcover. fine book in a near fine dust jacket 1945, spine end bumping

THE OPENER OF THE WAY, Arkham House, 1945, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper. Quite nice! A collection of stories, mostly culled from WEIRD TALES. Save for a circa 1937/1938 4 page publication and a bit earlier 1945 40 page British pamphlet both issued before this Arkham House work, the authors first commercial trade book. 1/2,046 copies.

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1943. black (Holliston Black Novelex) boards with gilt ltrs on spine, 309 yellowing pages on Winnebago Eggshell paper, corners/edges/and head-heel of spine are bumped & beginning to fray, ink name/ date/ and address on upper ffep, tight. Brown pictorial DJ has beige ltrs and is nicked and chipped on corners & edges with one bad scruff mark on back cover. One of 2,000 copies printed. Horror / supernatural short story collection.. 1st Printiing Thus. Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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.