ROADS. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1948. Octavo, illustrations by Virgil Finlay, cloth. First trade (and first hardcover) edition. 2137 copies printed. Quinn's first book (reprinting what is perhaps his best short story) first published in book form in 1938 as a paperbound Christmas booklet. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 5-265. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-309. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1361. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 53. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-192. Tiny bumps to lower fore-edge corner tips, else a fine copy in very good or better dust jacket priced $2.00 on the front flap with matching bruises and rubbing to black background ink, mostly the front panel. (#174156).
Price: $350.00
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