THEY RETURN AT EVENING: A BOOK OF GHOST STORIES. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1928. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-265 [266], original black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First U.S. edition. First printing with "(1)" at base of text on page [266]. Collects ten stories. "The first and best of the author's several collections." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-200. "Excellent stories." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1641. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 177. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 445-46. Bleiler (1978), p. 201. Reginald 14769. Gold lettering on spine panel a trifle dull, contemporary newspaper review of the book tipped in on verso of rear free endpaper, a bright, nearly fine copy. Formerly August Derleth's copy with his calling card affixed to the front free endpaper. (#75878).
Price: $350.00
No statement of printing on copyright page. First printing has "(1)" at base of text on page [266].