Clock strikes von wakefield (8 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus. Published by Ballantine Books, 1946. 12mo. Paperback. Book is very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Arkham House, 1946. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with flyleaf cut out and shelf/edgewear. No dust jacket. Great copy of this engaging sci-fi title.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York. …

Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1946. First US Edition, one of 4040 copies. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket by Ronald Clyne retaining original price ($3.00); xi,[1],248pp. Dust jacket shelf worn and rather toned at margins, smallish soil spot to upper panel, corners bumped; overall Very Good and sound. Collection of eighteen tales of the macabre, expanded from the first 1940 UK edition of the same title. The volume opens with the author's essay "Why I Write Ghost Stories." Joshi 20.…

Zustand: Poor. Paperback. Heavily worn cover/spine with tanning/crease/scuffs/marks & tears across spine. Cover coming loose from textblock in places. Name inscription on title page. Dark tanning/some foxing to pages & staining around edges. Text clear to read.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Arkham House January 1946 Binding: Hardcover.

Zustand: Very Good. Near Fine. First U.S. Edition. In original, unclipped ($3.00), jacket in protective sheet. Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. Minor rubbing to edges and corners of jacket. Black cloth over boards with faded bronze lettering and design on the spine. Gentle bump at head of spine, otherwise square and solid. A few light spots on top and lower edge. The interior is lightly and evenly toned, otherwise it is clean and clear. Pages:(12) 248 Dimensions:7¾ x 5â x '7/8'. …

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. 1946. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust jacket retaining price of $3.00 to front flap; pp. [12], 248, [4]; pushing to crown and base of spine, minor fading to dust jacket; very good.First US edition.A collection of ghost stories by Herbert Russell Wakefield, a prolific author of haunted tales frequently compared to M. R James in tone and subject. Wakefield's work appeared in popular periodicals and found favour with August Derleth of Arkham House. Though a shorter version of this book appeared in London in 1940, by 1946, Derleth had published The Clock Strikes Twelve in a larger more complete US edition. The forward to the text, titled "Why I Write Ghost Stories" gives some insight into why Wakefield chose to write ghost stories (it has something to do with a haunted spoon) and is all the more interesting considering he burned his correspondence files, manuscripts and all photographs of himself shortly before his death.…