THE NIGHT SIDE: MASTERPIECES OF THE STRANGE & TERRIBLE. New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc., [1947]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-x [1-2] 3-372 [373-374: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], illustrations by Lee Brown Coye, publisher's decorated black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition, first printing with "R" monogram on copyright page. Collects twenty-three stories by H. P. Lovecraft, John Metcalfe, Arthur Machen, Robert Bloch, Margery Lawrence, Ray Bradbury and others, with illustrations by Lee Brown Coye. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 527. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-257. Bookplate of an early SF fan affixed to the front free endpaper. Two vertical creases to the rear free endpaper, a bright, very good copy in very good price-clipped dust jacket with light wear along top and bottom edges. (#179744).
Price: $150.00
First printing has publisher's "R" monogram on copyright page.