NIGHT'S YAWNING PEAL: A GHOSTLY COMPANY. [Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House: Publishers, 1952. Octavo, cloth. First edition, first printing. 4500 copies printed. Collects fifteen stories by August Derleth, C. M. Eddy, Jr., Carl Jacobi, H. Russell Wakefield, Robert Bloch, Algernon Blackwood, H. P. Lovecraft, and others. "The Churchyard Yew" attributed to J. Sheridan Le Fanu was actually written by Derleth. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 529. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-258. "Ex Libris / L. S. Hallock" at upper fore-edge corner of the front free endpaper. This would have been a fine copy but Mr. Hallock or a later owner decided to add some unneeded tape to the spine ends and corner tips rendering an attractive jacket somewhat less attractive. This can be restored should anyone wish to do it. The fore-edge corners of the free endpapers have small stains too. (#173988).
Price: $150.00
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