Berman Lucy Ed (3 results)

1973 Berman, Lucy, ed THE CREEPY-CRAWLY BOOK; LEGENDS, STORIES AND POEMS ABOUT FEARFUL CREATURES London: Allan Wingate, c1973 167pp illus b/w 8vo Fine in Near Fine d/w.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Michael Stannard (illustrator). 1st Edition. A series of tales (of unearthly passions and fiendish seductions) by various authors from 'the well-known masters such as Edgar Allen Poe and Joseph Sheridan Lefanu,' to such writers about the supernatural as W. B. Seabrook and F. Marion Crawford (see also image of Contents page). According to the editor, the stories in this volume deal with fiends from Hell, and malevolent ghosts, a vampire, a sorcerer, a succubus, and Lucifer in person. Condition (external): some edgewear, creasing of the card covers and the book's corners in places - see images. Tight binding. Condition (internal): moderately tanned throughout. The last page (see image of page 192) has a list of what looks like page references in ink - look up at your own risk - caveat emptor! pp. 192. 18mo (approx). Striking cover design by Michael Stannard. Please note that, depending on destination, we may request a payment to cover any extra shipping & postage charges. Proceeds Condition Amnesty International. Abe2607. (This item is being sold under the Retail Gift Aid scheme to support Amnesty International UK Section Charitable Trust. Gift Aid enables us to increase the value of donations by 25%. Amnesty International UK Section is acting as an agent selling this item on behalf of one of our Gift Aid Donors).

Paperback original. First edition (& 1st printing). Tandem 3842. ''Tales of unearthly passions and fiendish seductions''. A rare UK paperback. Page edges browning, a VG copy.