NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD. New York: The Telegraph Press, [1936]. Octavo, pp. [1-9] 10-224 [note: first leaf is a blank], original gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First U.S. edition. Published earlier in Britain as MY GRIMMEST NIGHTMARE (1935). Original anthology with twenty-two stories by Cynthia Asquith, Algernon Blackwood, Marjorie Bowen, H. de Vere Stacpoole, Noel Langley, Theodora Benson, and others. The stories in this collection were originally broadcast in 1934 on the BBC program "Nightmares" produced by Cecil Madden. The compilation of the volume is sometimes mistakenly attributed to Cynthia Asquith. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-1. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 59. Bleiler (1978), p. 12. Reginald 10548. A bright, nearly fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with mild rubbing at edges and just a touch of dust soiling. (#154891).
Price: $150.00
"First Printing in the United States, / March, 1936" on copyright page.