Great Ghost Stories of the World: The Haunted Omnibus
by Laing, Alexander (Editor); Ward, Lynd (Illustrator)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Blue Ribbon Books, 1941. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Ward, Lynd. Collection of 27 ghost stories by leading authors, included R. L. Stevenson, Poe, Alexander Woolcott, Guy de Maupassant, O. Henry, Saki, Algernon Blackwood, & more, in 486 pages with stunning woodcut illustrations by Lynd Ward, which are what make this collection truly special! Orig. published in 1937 as "The Haunted Omnibus,'' this is the First Edition of the reprint by Blue Ribbon books from 1942 (First, Thus). Hardcover small 8vo has green cloth-covered boards with yellow lettering to spine. Condition is VG: interior is completely clean & unmarked, save for former owner's name in pen & old sticker inside front cover, moderate offsetting to all endpapers. Binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with moderate tanning, heaviest to edges. Light faded splotch to front board near lower spine, other smaller spots & rubbing to extremities, bumped corners. The slightly clipped DJ is Good+, with a great cover image, but rubbing, creasing, & small chips to extremities & all corners, minor chipping at both ends of spine; nicely protected in nonreflective mylar cover by previous owner. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022529
- Title
- Great Ghost Stories of the World: The Haunted Omnibus
- Author
- Laing, Alexander (Editor); Ward, Lynd (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Ward, Lynd
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Blue Ribbon Books
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- HAUNTED HOUSE HAUNTING GHOST SUPERNATURAL FICTION SCARY HORROR THRILLER MYSTERY POLTERGEIST ILLUSTRATED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror; Illustrated Books/Illustrators;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.