Herbert a Wise Phyllis Fraser (27 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1944 Hardcover copy with age wear, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. no dust jacket present. The book is in fair condition, with noticeable wear on the spine and edges. The binding is intact but shows signs of age, including a tear inside the front cover. The absence of a dust jacket and the visible wear reflect its vintage nature. Despite these flaws, the pages are well-preserved, making it a valuable find for collectors. …

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. no jacket present. The book is in fair condition with notable wear on the spine and cover edges. The binding is intact, though the absence of a dust jacket leaves the cover exposed. The pages are complete and unabridged, reflecting the wartime publication constraints. Overall, the book remains a valuable collection of supernatural tales despite its physical wear.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo. 1080pp. Wartime publication hb with blue spine over tan boards, haunted house desing on front cover. Top edge blue. Missing DJ but contents VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. The book is in good condition with a solid hardcover binding. The cover shows some signs of wear consistent with age, and there is no dust jacket present. The pages are intact and free from inscriptions or markings, making it a well-preserved copy for its age. unknown (no dust jacket visible).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Second Printing. Decorative boards, lacking the dust jacket. Uneven tanning to the pages. Hinges cracked, and an owner name to the front pastedown endpaper. ; 1080 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket.

Condition: Good. 1947. First Edition. 832 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning, particularly to spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled.…

HARDBACK ORANGE. General wear, lightly bumped spine and corners, vertical crease down cover, green coloured top edge DATE PUBLISHED: 1944 EDITION: 1080.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprint. Reprint, 832pp, hardcover, 8vo, bound in maroon cloth, silver lettered, with pictorial dust jacket designed by STEIN - unclipped but with wear at extremities, book in very good condition, Hammond, Hammond & Co., London, 1972. * over 50 tales of terror and supernatural. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Modern Library First Edition. MLG-72. No DJ or initial sales price provided. Cover lightly soiled. Some age-commensurate browning of the pages; otherwise, unmarked pages. Spooky stuff! A perfect choice for that young reader you have been trying to encourage. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Reprint of this anthology that reads like a who's who of classic horror, 8vo, 832pp, VG+ Copy in VG+ DJ Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The spine in slightly lightened. There is a pen name and date to the ffep. Small amount of foxing contained to the prelims and page edges. The jacket has small amounts of chipping to the head of the spine and is not price clipped. For contents see images. Thus.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint hardback with dustjacket. DJ is a little chipped to edges at spine and very slightly faded to spine. Internally clean. Very good / good condition. Jacket by Stein (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. VG original black cloth, edges lightly foxed. One of the best anthologies.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. VG+ in VG+ DW, protected in Brodart sleeve. Superb collection representing the masters of the genre.

Hammond, Hammond & Co.London 1947. 832 pp. Publisher's cloth, no jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Modern Library Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Small open tears on spine crown and heel and front and rear panel top corners. Small closed tears on front panel top edge. Light foxing on text block edges.; 1080 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Missing. First Thus. First Modern Library Edition. 1944. Modern Library; Random House, NY. Very Good Hardcover. Jacket missing. Tan cloth boards w/ greenish cast & red accent. Red oval publisher device to front board. Red spine panel w/ gilt lettering. Very clean boards. Some rubbing & fading to spine. Bit of cracking to top of spine w/ mull showing. Binding solid & square. 1080 pp. 6x8x2. Printed by H. Wolff. Major horror & Gothic anthology edited by Herbert A. Wise & Phyllis Fraser collecting 52 stories from Poe, Lovecraft, Stoker, Collins, M.R. James, Wharton, Jacobs, de Maupassant, Stevenson, & Onions. Ships from the USA, quickly & w/care. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYNOPSIS & HISTORY: Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural is a 1944 Modern Library anthology collecting 52 stories spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries of horror, Gothic, ghost story, and weird fiction. Edited by Herbert A. Wise and Phyllis Fraser, the volume assembles contributors including Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Bram Stoker, Wilkie Collins, M.R. James, Edith Wharton, W.W. Jacobs, Guy de Maupassant, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Oliver Onions, among others. Lovecraft is represented by both The Rats in the Walls and The Dunwich Horror. At 1,080 pages, it remains one of the most substantial single-volume surveys of supernatural fiction produced during the mid-twentieth century. This 1944 First Modern Library Edition appears in the publisher's characteristic tan cloth boards with greenish cast, red spine panel with gilt lettering, and red oval publisher device to the front board. Printed by H. Wolff during the wartime Modern Library production era, the volume reflects the durable trade binding style associated with early 1940s Modern Library issues. For collectors of horror anthologies, Modern Library editions, or readers seeking a broad historical gathering of Gothic and weird fiction from Poe through early twentieth-century supernatural literature, this anthology remains a foundational mid-century compilation.…

832 pp, previous owner's name obscured by black marker on half-title, edges foxed, d/j edges worn, small loss to top edge of d/j rear, else very good copy in like, illustrated d/j. First published 1947.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The book is bound in decorative boards with a black spine. All clean & bright. There is very light wear on the spine tips & cover corners. The binding is tight, the contents are clean & unmarked. States: "First Printing". Previous owner's ink dedication on the front endpaper, dated Aug. 19/44. The dust jacket is price clipped & has 2 cm chips off the spine tips & cover corners, with wear along the spine edges & edges of the flaps. FAIR. …

First Edition. GREAT TALES OF TERROR AND THE SUPERNATURAL, Random House, 1944, first edition, near fine in worn and chipped (mostly at the spine extremities) Salter color pictorial dust-wrapper with contributions by Thomas Hardy, Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, Isak Dinesen, John Collier, M. R. James, Henry James, E. F. Benson, Fritz-James O'Brien, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ernest Hemingway, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, et.al. …

1st Printing. Thick 8vo. [xx] + 1080pp. Dec. title page. From the library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, sl. shaken, original cloth rubbed and sl. chipped to spine, in browned and lightly soiled d/w. chipped and wormed with some loss and repaired in parts to verso. Includes Poe, Bierce, Machen, Hemingway, de la Mare, Kipling, Henry James, Wells, . Le Fanu, Dinesen, Woollcott, Saki, Sayers etc. US$111. …