THE EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF STRANGE STORIES. London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., n.d. [1934]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-xi [xii-xiv] 15-1020 [1021-1024: index], original pictorial red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. 1024-page anthology with eighty-eight stories by Margaret Irwin, A. M. Burrage, J. S. Fletcher, Arthur Morrison, Graham Greene, Francis Brett Young, Selwyn Jepson, John Metcalfe, Max Pemberton, W. Somerset Maugham, and many others. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 613. Bleiler (1978), p. 7. Reginald 04969. Early owner's signature dated 29 January 1935 on the front free endpaper. A clean, tight, very good copy in 3/6 pictorial dust jacket with wear and several chips from edges, one at each spine end affecting several letters of the title and the publisher's imprint respectively. Overall, a nice example of a scarce jacket. (#170409).
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