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[1936] first edition, Selwyn and Blount, Ltd. (London), 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches tall red cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, red on black lettering to spine, 511 pp. First edition, in a first state jacket with itself as the last title mentioned in the advertisement list on back panel. Date from Introduction. Slight to moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a bit of fraying to the lower fore edges of the covers. Sun-darkening and creasing to spine. Moderate soiling to page edges. Otherwise, apart from expected age toning, a very good copy - clean and unmarked - in a soiled, creased and edgeworn first issue dust jacket which has a couple of small holes but which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. References: Bleiler (1978), p. 193. Reginald 14087. An uncommon first edition, especially scarce in its dust jacket. ~X~ [2.0P] Retrospective collection of thirty-five stories by thirty authors selected from the well-known eleven-volume 'Not at Night' series published between 1925 and 1936. Includes stories (sixteen of which were first published in Weird Tales) by Jessie Douglas Kerruish, H. P. Lovecraft, Edmond Hamilton, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Seabury Quinn, Hugh B. Cave, L. A. Lewis, David H. Keller, August Derleth, and others. Printed in Great Britain at the Anchor Press, Tiptree, Essex. Seller Inventory # X-0242-14248
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