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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. This Folio Society edition of Tales of Suspense, edited by Robert Ashley and Herbert van Thal, gathers a varied and atmospheric selection of unsettling short fiction from across the genre. The editors draw on both classic and modern writers, creating a collection that moves between psychological tension, uncanny encounters and sharply engineered twists. Each story offers its own distinct flavour of unease, making the volume an enjoyable dip-in anthology for readers who appreciate well-curated suspense. This copy is offered without its slipcase, but remains an appealing Folio Society production for collectors of vintage short-story compilations.

Hardback. Printed pages: 255. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket: Wear to ends of spine with old tape repairs to reverse. Tear to head of spine with archival tape repair to reverse. Foxing and light soiling to rear cover. Slight wear to corners. Price clipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: Black buckram binding with silver illustration to front board. Foxing to page edges, endpapers and half title page. Occasional patches of foxing to the text. Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm).

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Anne Scott (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of Anne Scott's illustrated edition of the suspenseful and supernatural short stories of Wilkie Collins. The first edition thus, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight further colour lithographs by Anne Scott. Collated, complete.This collection features ten short stories from the author of 'The Moonstone', including 'A Terribly Strange Bed', 'Fauntleroy' and 'The Dead Hand'.Edited by Robert Ashley and Herbert van Thal.With a charming gift inscription to the front free endpaper, dated March 1954. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent, but with small hole in cloth to centre of front joint. Inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper significantly age toned to back strip and rear wrap. Minor loss to back strip tail, with small loss to back strip head. Significant loss to head of front wrap, with a number of closed tears to the head of the rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. book.

Ed. Herbert van Thal / Robert Ashley and Herbert van Thal (illustrator). Two volumes, in original slipcase. Originally published thus in 1954 and 1957, reissued together in 1990. Original black cloth boards decorated in red with silver, publisher's red tint top edges. 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' illustrated with monotypes by Michael Ayrton, 'Tales of Suspense' with lithographs by Anne Scott. Fine condition. Classic tales of suspense and the macabre by two masters of the genre.