Haunted Man by Jeffrey Gaunt (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No dust jacket. Undated but inscription dated 1952. No dust jacket. Wear and marks to boards; rubbing to edges. Inscription on endpaper. Foxing to prelims and page edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. George Ernest Rochester writing as Jeffrey Gaunt. Undated but first edition,1951. Page edges, endpaper and title page slightly tanned with a very little foxing. No inscriptions. In a bright complete dust jacket, not price-clipped (5/- net). "A yarn that deserves to achieve a horror certificate. Little Mr. Penfold, typical city clerk, complete with bowler hat and rolled umbrella is kidnapped by a gang of crooks who wanted information about the Safe Deposit where he was employed. He falls into the hands of a mad surgeon who operates on his brain and converts the inoffensive, mild little Mr. Penfold into a man of evil." First published as a serial in Detective Weekly January 23-April 3, 1937.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original boards are in very good order. Internally the copy is near fine. The original unclipped jacket showing 5/- net is in very good condition. Mild chipping to edges and spine is lightly rubbed. A very nice example.

First edition. Octavo, original light blue cloth, spine stamped in black. First publication in book form of a novel originally published in 1937 in DETECTIVE WEEKLY, a British pulp. "A yarn that deserves to achieve a horror certificate. Little Mr. Penfold, typical city clerk, complete with bowler hat and rolled umbrella is kidnapped by a gang of crooks who wanted information about the Safe Deposit where he was employed. He falls into the hands of a mad surgeon who operates on his brain and converts the inoffensive, mild little Mr. Penfold into a man of evil." - jacket blurb. [Reference: Reginald 12300. Hubin (1994), p. 319]. Light foxing to spine ends, a fine copy in a bright, very good dust jacket (priced 5/-) with light wear along the lower front edge and shallow loss along the lower spine panel, small chip to lower rear panel and mild wear with tiny chip to upper front panel. Uncommon. (31073).…

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First Edition. (London: Eldon Press nd [1951]). First UK Edition. Publisher's stone-coloured boards with black lettering to the spine. A dusty top edge otherwise a near fine copy in the RARE dustwrapper priced 5/- net to the inside flap (as called for). The dustwrapper is VG with rubbing/minor loss at the spine tips and with a squiggle to the back panel. An uncommon mystery book (with horror undertones) by an author better known for his mastery of the flying story. Photographs/scans available upon request.…