THE RUNAGATES CLUB. London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, [1929]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-331 [332: blank] [333-336: ads], original light blue cloth, front panel stamped in black and blind, spine panel stamped in black. Second printing. Mixed collection of twelve short stories, mostly of horror, espionage, or the supernatural, including Buchan's popular "The Green Wildebeest." "Among Buchan's best work." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 294. Contains a Richard Hannay story. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 45. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-38. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 62. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature III, pp. 1482-83. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-46. Bleiler (1978), p. 33. Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime 2381. Hubin (1994), p. 114. Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 14. Blanchard A75. Endpapers and preliminary and terminal leaves foxed, tape mends to pages 241/242, a sound reading copy. (#17007).
Price: $25.00
"Reprinted July 1929" on copyright page.