Item #23542 BENIGHTED. Priestley.

BENIGHTED.

London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1927]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-304 [305: ad] [306-308: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original blue cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, publisher's windmill device stamped in blind on rear panel. First edition. The later U.S. edition was titled THE OLD DARK HOUSE. The novel was the basis for the 1932 film directed by James Whale with Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Raymond Massey and others. Five travelers seek refuge during a storm in "an eerie old mansion where they must spend the night with the weirdest household imaginable ... playing for laughs as well as chills, [Whale creates] ... a genuine masterpiece of black humor ... The Old Dark House is the definitive haunted house chiller, a horror film for connoisseurs." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural. At one point considered a lost film, a print was discovered in the Universal vaults in 1968 and the film was restored. Hubin (1994), pp. 656-7. Some tanning to end papers, some mild foxing to edges and text paper, large spot to prelims, base of spine a bit bumped, a nearly fine copy in a fine dust jacket (priced 7/6) with a touch of wear to base of spine panel, a little age darkening to white lettering of spine panel, mild soiling and foxing to rear panel. Rare in this condition. (23542). Item #23542

Price: $1,750.00

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