London: Neville Spearman, 1975. First British edition, first printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 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.

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Bookseller: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 26699
Title: THE OPENER OF THE WAY
Author: Bloch, Robert
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First British edition, first printing
ISBN 10: 0859780066
ISBN 13: 9780859780063
Publisher: Neville Spearman
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1975
Keywords: First edition, science fiction, supernatural.
Bookseller catalogs: Arkham House;

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Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Offset: A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...