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Published by Ballantine Books, New York, 1962
Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Book First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of this collection of short stories. Collected are the following: Sweets to the Sweet by Robert Bloch, The Strange Children by Elizabeth Sanxay Holding, The Likeness of Julie by Logan Swanson, It Will Come to You by Frank Belknap Long, A Gnome There Was by Henry Kuttner, Nightmare at Twenty Thousand Feet by Richard Matheson, In the Midst of Death by Ben Hecht, Gabriel-Ernest by Saki, Baynter's Imp by August Derleth, Enoch by Robert Bloch, For the Blood is the Life by F. Marion Crawford. Of the eleven stories in this collection only two are first appearances. The Likeness of Julie and Nightmare at Twenty Thousand Feet. Nightmare went on to become one of the top ten best Twilight Zone episodes of all time. Aired in 1963 starring William Shatner as Bob Wilson. SIGNED by William Shatner on the page opposite the beginning of the story. Shatner accidentally did make a stray marker mark on the first page of the actual story. There is also a small 1/4 inch long stain on pages 130 and 131 of the Crawford story. Light edge wear. The top right hand corner of the front cover is missing a small chip. Light reading creases to the spine. Signed at the Toronto Fan Expo in October 2021. Will include ticket for the event with the book. In very good condition. Signed by Author.