Robert Ashley Herbert Thal (3 results)
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Published by The Folio ociety
- Hardcover
Seller: Chapter Two Books, Ammanford, United KingdomChapter Two Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. This Folio Society edition of Tales of Suspense, edited by Robert Ashley and Herbert van Thal, gathers a varied and atmospheric selection of unsettling short fiction from across the genre. The editors draw on both classic and modern writers, creating a collection that moves between psychological…tension, uncanny encounters and sharply engineered twists. Each story offers its own distinct flavour of unease, making the volume an enjoyable dip-in anthology for readers who appreciate well-curated suspense. This copy is offered without its slipcase, but remains an appealing Folio Society production for collectors of vintage short-story compilations.
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Published by Folio Society, London, 1954
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- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. The first edition of Anne Scott's illustrated edition of the suspenseful and supernatural short stories of Wilkie Collins. The first edition thus, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a frontispiece and… eight further colour lithographs by Anne Scott. Collated, complete.This collection features ten short stories from the author of 'The Moonstone', including 'A Terribly Strange Bed', 'Fauntleroy' and 'The Dead Hand'.Edited by Robert Ashley and Herbert van Thal.With a charming gift inscription to the front free endpaper, dated March 1954. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent, but with small hole in cloth to centre of front joint. Inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper significantly age toned to back strip and rear wrap. Minor loss to back strip tail, with small loss to back strip head. Significant loss to head of front wrap, with a number of closed tears to the head of the rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. Anne Scott (illustrator). book.
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Published by Folio Society, London, 1990
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Seller: Muir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books], PERTH, WA, AustraliaMuir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books]
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Add to basketTwo volumes, in original slipcase. Originally published thus in 1954 and 1957, reissued together in 1990. Original black cloth boards decorated in red with silver, publisher's red tint top edges. 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' illustrated with monotypes by Michael Ayrton, 'Tales of Suspense' with lithographs by Anne Scott. F…ine condition. Classic tales of suspense and the macabre by two masters of the genre. Ed. Herbert van Thal / Robert Ashley and Herbert van Thal (illustrator).
