Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People

First Edition. Octavo. [viii], 285, [1] pp. Publisher's original Holliston Black Novelex cloth with bright gilt lettering stamped to spine, dust jacket unclipped with $5.00 price intact on front flap; binding remains tight and square with crisp corners, softening to spine tips. Text block, bright leaves, sound endpapers, slight natural toning to top edge. Colophon notes an edition of 2,500 copies (with Arkham records indicating 2,405). A short fiction anthology of pulp classics from publications such as Weird Tales, Strange Tales, and Strange Stories. Featuring "The Lair of the Star-Spawn," "The Pacer," and the title novelette famously adapted for Boris Karloff's Thriller television series. M3. .