h douglas thomson editor (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. 1084, [2]pp, with illustrated frontispiece and a smattering of illustrations in text. Brown cloth-covered boards. Chunky 8vo. Boards are heavily worn and unevenly faded, gently rounded at corners, heavily scuffed at ends of a spine with the cloth cracked the length of the spine. Text block edges yellowing. Internally some faint and scattered spotting throughout else generally neat, clean and tight. An extensive collection of mystery stories grouped into 'Mystery and Adventure', 'Crime and Detection' and 'Stories of the Supernatural', with contributions from May Sinclair, Sir Walter Scott, Bram Stoker, M R James, Henry James, Allan Cunningham, Walter de la Mare, Daniel Defoe, Dorothy L Sayers, Michael Kent, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Freeman Wills Croft, Edgar Allan Poe, H G Wells, Morley Roberts, J J Bell, Willkie Collins, and many others.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No dust jacket. Moderate wear. Price written in pencil on first page. Pencil markings on table of contents. Otherwise, pages are clean. Binding is tight. Pages are lightly age toned. Pictures available upon request.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1024 pages. missing dj, some light foxing on edge of pages, spine faded, some insect damage bottom corner of a couple of pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Frontispiece. (illustratore). Anthology. 8vo. Original black cloth, gilt. Dust-jacket. An anthology comprising classic stories of mystery, detective fiction, adventure, suspense, and supernatural tales. The anthology includes works from notable authors, reflecting the popularity and diversity of early 20th-century genre fiction. A little minor spotting; cloth slightly sunned and softened at spine ends; dust-jacket worn at edges with some splitting and chipping, loss to head of spine, spine slightly sunned. Book.