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Ash-Tree Press: Canada, 2005. Second printing (& 1st edition thus). Hardcover. First published in 1928. Reprint of the 1995 Ash-Tree Press edition with the eight-page introduction by Barbara Roden: however this second printing does include a new (April 2005) two-page preface by Barbara Roden as well. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new) but for red spine lettering faded to pink, and fingernail-sized light mark to rear panel.

Ashcroft: Ash-Tree Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2005. Reprint. Hardcover. A reprint of the 1995 Ash-Tree Press edition of 300 copies. Both the book and DJ is as New, the jacket now with a brodart cover. We have a wide selection of Ash-Tree books, most in Fine - As New condition and happy to offer discount and/or free shipping for multiple purchases .

Penyffordd, Chester: Ash-Tree Press, 1995. New edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (22659). Octavo, cloth. Limited to 308 copies of which this is one of 300 numbered clothbound copies. A reprint of the 1928 edition with new introduction by Barbara Roden. Collects ten stories. "The first and best of the author's several collections."- Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-200. "Excellent stories." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1641.

Penyffordd, Chester: Ash-Tree Press, 1995. New edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (183). Octavo, cloth. Limited to 308 copies of which this is one of 300 numbered clothbound copies. A reprint of the 1928 edition with new introduction by Barbara Roden. Collects ten stories. "The first and best of the author's several collections."- Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-200. "Excellent stories." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1641.

London: Philip Allan & Co., Ltd., [1928]. First edition, probable first binding. Formerly Hugh Lamb's copy with his inked signature on the front free end paper, slight lean, corners slightly bruised, spine ends a little pushed, a few tiny stains to rear cover, a very good to nearly fine copy. An as new facsimile dust jacket is included. (28186). Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-313 [314: blank] [315-316: ads] [note: first leaf is a blank], original black cloth, front panel ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold. Collects ten stories. "The first and best of the author's several collections." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-200. "Excellent stories." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1641. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 177. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 445-46. Bleiler (1978), p. 201. Reginald 14769.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo., 265pp. Beautiful First Edition First Printing with (1) on the last page of text as called for by this publisher. Bound in black cloth with titles in gilt on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a touch of softness to the spine ends and a tiny bump to the front top tip. Very well-preserved with no toning or foxing. Small booksellers ticket on the rear paste-down. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.00 in the body of the front flap text), has a couple of spots of spoiling and minor edge-wear. Three small tape repairs on the verso that is just visible from the front. Still fairly unobtrusive. A solid, bright example with no chipping or creases and scarce in any condition. A sharp collectable copy of a quite uncommon t a great price.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1928. First American Edition. The first and best of the English author's collections of supernatural horror. "Includes "Professor Pownall's Oversight," about a chess player harassed by the spirit of a murdered rival; "The Third Coach," a study in madness involving a nasty confidence trickster; and "The Seventeenth Hole at Duncaster," about a haunted golf course...Wakefield was a consistently competent writer who took up where M.R. James left off in extending the core of the British tradition through the period between the wars" (Barron, Horror Literature 3-200). Bleiler 1641 (The Guide to Supernatural Fiction). First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [vi],265,[1]pp. Spine gilt a bit dulled, pictorial bookplate to front pastedown, with scattered foxing to text edges (though clean internally); Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), showing some trivial wear to extremities and a hint of… Read More