THE CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1946. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 4040 copies printed. This edition is expanded, adding four stories, "A Fishing Story," "Used Car," "Death of A Poacher" and "Knock! Knock! Who's There?," and introduction, "Why I Write Ghost Stories," not included in the 1940 Jenkins edition. "Wakefield was a consistently competent writer who took up where M. R. James left off in extending the core of the British tradition through the period between the wars." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-200. [Reference: Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1646. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-212]. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (33152). Item #33152
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