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London 1964, 235 pp, pocket, not as new but good a166.
Published by Dent, London, 1952
Seller: Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrations and jacket artwork by Yunge-Bateman. (illustrator). First Edition. First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 10s6d. An uncommon collection of weird tales, written by an ordained priest no less.
Published by J.m. dent, 1952
Seller: Neverland Books, Waalre, Netherlands
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.
Published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London, 1952
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Illustrated by Yunge-Bateman (illustrator). First Edition. xi, 235pp. Green cloth stamped in gold on the spine. Corner tips a bit bruised, previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Still a bright near fine copy in very good+ dustjacket with a short closed tear, mild toning and a couple of minute chips to the edges. Collects twenty short stories. Preface by Lord David Cecil. Illustrations and dustjacket art by Yunge-Bateman. The earliest recognized collection of children's ghost stories (The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, eds. Clute and Grant, 1997, p. 407).; Octavo.
Published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London, 1952
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, cloth. First edition. Twenty antiquarian ghost stories in the M. R. James tradition. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 118. Reginald 15608. Just a bit of fade to spine panel, else a fine copy in very good dust jacket with light wear at edges, tiny chip from the lower spine end, and mild dust soiling to the rear panel. A nice copy of an uncommon book. (#170314).
Published by London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1952., 1952
Seller: Minster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970), YORK, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition, small 8vo., pp.xi,235, green cloth, gilt; pictorial headpieces to chapters; light partial sunning to spine, overall a very good, fresh copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is just lightly chipped to extremities, with small closed tear to head of fold over upper joint. Now in a protective cover.
Published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London, 1952
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Octavo, cloth. First edition. Twenty antiquarian ghost stories in the M. R. James tradition. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 118. Reginald 15608. A fine copy in nearly fine 10/6 dust jacket with mild wear at spine ends. A nice copy of an uncommon book. (#171005).
Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Yunge-Bateman (illustrator). First edition. An excellent example of the first edition of Christopher Woodforde's collection of ghost stories and horrifying tales for children. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price clipped dust wrapper.In the vein of the tales of M. R. James, this is a wonderful collection of twenty antiquarian ghost stories for children.The Encyclopaedia of Fantasy identifies this as the earliest recognised collection of children's ghost stories.The dust wrapper is designed by John Yunge-Bateman, who is also responsible for the small number of vignette illustrations throughout the work. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dust wrapper. Light shelf wear to back strip tail, with light fading to back strip. Light spotting to fore edge of text block. Dust wrapper front wrap in exceptional condition, with rear wrap lightly age toned to perimeters. Two minor chips to back strip tail, with three closed tears to back strip head, and a further significant closed tear to head of rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. book.