Wise Herbert and Phyllis Fraser (14 results)

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: 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: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear and little tears.

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.

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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural - Herbert A. Wise and Phyllis Fraser. The Modern Library, 1944. First edition. Condition: Very Good (clean and sound, honest wear). Noted flaws, plainly: Light rubbing/loss to gilt lettering on spine; General light shelf wear to cloth; Toning to page-block edges (photo 9); Photos show the exact copy you will receive. Printing points, checked on this copy: Copyright 1944 by Random House, Inc. - the first appearance of this anthology; Modern Library Giant (thick volume, text runs past p.869); Torchbearer/running-figure colophon on title page and gilt hexagon device on front board; 'Manufactured in the United States of America by H. Wolff' on copyright page; No number line and no stated printing - normal for Modern Library, so printing cannot be read from this page; Sent tracked. The book is wrapped in bubble wrap and protected - never a bare mailer. From a smoke-free home. Message me for more photographs of this exact copy.…

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 in cloth boards. First Edition. Good. Worn at edges, foxed end papers, previous owner's name on prologue. Fair. Heavily chipped and worn.

Hardcover. hardcover first edition. very good very good jacket creases, corner chips, fold rubbing.

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. …

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. …