Language: English
Published by British Library Publishing, GB, 2025
ISBN 10: 071235509X ISBN 13: 9780712355094
Seller: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: New. Step right up to see the enchanted Ferris wheel whose magical gifts are to die for! Marvel at the man-eating menagerie and dreadful secrets of 'Satan's Circus'! Behold the nightmare waxworks of Mrs. Groby's Chamber of Horrors!Carnivals and sideshows are settings closely entwined with the history of horror cinema, but in the realms of literature, there is a strain of uncanny fairground fiction with even deeper roots. Home to a sinister troupe of conjurers, puppeteers, beast tamers and crowds baying for blood beneath the Big Top, the performance spaces of these classic weird tales are borderlands where the unearthly meets the darker cravings of the human heart.Presenting sixteen sensational short stories, hailing from Edgar Allan Poe's 1840s through to Robert Aickman's 1960s, Edward Parnell invites you to enjoy a cavalcade of uneasy thrills courtesy of Gerald Kersh, Ray Bradbury, Margery Lawrence and many more.
Language: English
Published by British Library Publishing, GB, 2025
ISBN 10: 071235509X ISBN 13: 9780712355094
Seller: Rarewaves USA, OSWEGO, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: New. Step right up to see the enchanted Ferris wheel whose magical gifts are to die for! Marvel at the man-eating menagerie and dreadful secrets of 'Satan's Circus'! Behold the nightmare waxworks of Mrs. Groby's Chamber of Horrors!Carnivals and sideshows are settings closely entwined with the history of horror cinema, but in the realms of literature, there is a strain of uncanny fairground fiction with even deeper roots. Home to a sinister troupe of conjurers, puppeteers, beast tamers and crowds baying for blood beneath the Big Top, the performance spaces of these classic weird tales are borderlands where the unearthly meets the darker cravings of the human heart.Presenting sixteen sensational short stories, hailing from Edgar Allan Poe's 1840s through to Robert Aickman's 1960s, Edward Parnell invites you to enjoy a cavalcade of uneasy thrills courtesy of Gerald Kersh, Ray Bradbury, Margery Lawrence and many more.
Paperback. Condition: New. Illustrated.
Language: English
Published by Fantasy and Horror Classics, 2011
ISBN 10: 1447403908 ISBN 13: 9781447403906
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Language: English
Published by BookSurge Publishing, 2008
ISBN 10: 1439215618 ISBN 13: 9781439215616
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Paperback. Condition: New.
Language: English
Published by Fantasy and Horror Classics, 2011
ISBN 10: 1447403908 ISBN 13: 9781447403906
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: New.
Language: English
Published by Hastings College Press, 2015
ISBN 10: 1942885083 ISBN 13: 9781942885085
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: New.
Language: English
Published by Hastings College Press 8/1/2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 1942885083 ISBN 13: 9781942885085
Seller: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Mysterious Martin. Book.
Published by Frank A. Munsey Co., NY, 1942
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Fair to Good-. Vol. IV, No. 5. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Mary Gnaedinger.] Cover art by Virgil Finlay for "A Brand New World" by Ray Cummings. Includes "Wild Wullie, the Waster" by Tod Robbins; "The Horla" by Guy de Maupassant; "Ariel's Song from 'The Tempest" by Shakespeare. Illustrated by Frank R. Paul and Virgil Finlay. No back cover; spine is taped; heavy creasing and edgewear to front cover; tanned.; soiling and minor stains to rear last page. Book.
Language: English
Published by Hastings College Press, 2015
ISBN 10: 1942885083 ISBN 13: 9781942885085
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Language: English
Published by Hastings College Press, 2015
ISBN 10: 1942885083 ISBN 13: 9781942885085
Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Condition: New.
Language: English
Published by Hastings College Press, 2015
ISBN 10: 1942885083 ISBN 13: 9781942885085
Seller: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: New.
Language: English
Published by BookSurge Publishing, 2008
ISBN 10: 1439215618 ISBN 13: 9781439215616
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: New.
Language: English
Published by Booksurge Publishing 11/6/2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 1439215618 ISBN 13: 9781439215616
Seller: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Unholy Three. Book.
Published by New Publications, Chicago, 1948
Seller: Tree Frog Fine Books and Graphic Arts, Beaverton, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Finlay, Virgil (Cover Artist) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Pulp Magazine. Standard size and format. First printing. Color illustrated cover with some black/white interior art. GOOD. Bumping and some chipping to spine ends and overlapping cover edges. With tape to front cover back edges. Binding tight and firm. With wear and some creasing to covers. All items carefully wrapped and sent boxed.
Published by New Publications, Chicago, 1949
Seller: Tree Frog Fine Books and Graphic Arts, Beaverton, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Finlay, Virgil (Cover Artist) and Lawrence (illustrator). 1st Edition. Pulp Magazine. Standard size and format. First printing. Color illustrated cover with some black/white interior art. VERY GOOD. Bumping and some chipping to spine ends and overlapping cover edges. Binding tight and firm. With some wear to covers. All items carefully wrapped and sent boxed.
Condition: New.
Language: English
Published by Legare Street Press 10/27/2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1018822917 ISBN 13: 9781018822914
Seller: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Silent, White And Beautiful And Other Stories. Book.
Language: English
Published by Fantasy and Horror Classics 4/28/2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 1447403908 ISBN 13: 9781447403906
Seller: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Freaks; Or Spurs (Fantasy and Horror Classics). Book.
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Published by New Publications, Chicago march 1949, 1949
Seller: Wonderland Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
paperback good+ condition in somewhat worn wraps.
Couverture souple. Condition: Tres bon. Du Sonneur collection , 2023. 1 volume format In-12 très bon 62 pages.
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Published by New Publications, NY, 1948
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. 2, No. 4. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Mary Gnaedinger.] Cover art by Finlay for "The Mad Planet" (novel) by Murray Leinster. Includes "The Terrible Three" by Tod Robbins; "Environment" by William Holloway; "What Do You Think?" Letters from Donald B. Day and others. Illustrated by Lawrence and Finlay. Edge and corner wear; creasing; tanning; mild stain aat lower end. Book.
Published by New Publications, NY, 1948
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. 2, No. 4. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Mary Gnaedinger.] Cover art by Finlay for "The Mad Planet" (novel) by Murray Leinster. Includes "The Terrible Three" by Tod Robbins; "Environment" by William Holloway; "What Do You Think?" Letters from Donald B. Day and others. Illustrated by Lawrence and Finlay. Tanned; standard wear and tear at edges with loss at upper front foredge corner (see scan); upper foredge end stained through; minor soiling. Book.
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. 3, No. 4. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Mary Gnaedinger.] Cover art by Finlay for "Minos of Sardanes" by Charles B. Stilson. Includes "The Living Portrait" by Tod Robbins; "The Elf-Trap" by Francis Stevens; "The White Gorilla" by Elmer Brown Mason. Illustrated by Paul and Finlay. Letters from W. Paul Ganley and others. Rear cover foredge taped; tear with small loss at spine head; glue inside front hinge; creasing; mild tanning; standard wear and tear at edges with small losses, more to rear cover than front. Book.
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Condition: Like New. In unused condition, may show some slight shelf wear, but otherwise unread. This title was digitally scanned from a rare, out of print edition, and will have some visual artifacts from that process.
Seller: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: New.