Derleth (August)

THE SLEEPING & THE DEAD: THIRTY UNCANNY TALES

Published: Pellegrini & Cudahy, Chicago, 1947

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518pp. Hardcover binding, with dust jacket. Gilt lettering to spine. Condition overall good. Some rubbing and slight edgewear to jacket, small stain and creases to its rear. Jacket has been covered with protective plastic sleeve after photos were taken. Light rubbing to boards and spine of book, slight shelfwear to top and tail of its spine, light foxing to endpapers and edges of textblock. Text clean. Well bound.

 

A collection of 30 short stories by authors such as Edith Wharton, Ray Bradbury and HP Lovecraft.

 

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleeping_and_the_Dead: The Sleeping and the Dead is an anthology of fantasy and horror stories edited by American writer August Derleth. It was first published by Pellegrini & Cudahy in 1947. Many of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines The London Mercury, Weird Tales, Scribner's, Dublin University Magazine, Unknown, Esquire, The Bellman, Vanity Fair and Black Mask. An abridged edition (15 stories) was published by Four Square Books in 1963 under the same title. (The other 15 stories were issued in paperback as The Unquiet Grave (anthology).

 

Size: 8vo (21 x 14,5cm)

 

Chicago: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1947

 

  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo
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