SUPERNATURAL HORROR IN LITERATURE.
NY: Ben Abramson Publisher, 1945. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-106 [107-111] [112: blank], cloth. First separate edition, second printing with typographical errors corrected, bound in red cloth with gold lettering on spine panel. An early critical survey of horror fiction (emphasis on British and American literature) by the most important twentieth-century American supernatural fiction writer. Introduction by August Derleth. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 7-7. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 8-49. Joshi I-A-21-a.1]. Tanning to text paper, some loss to lower paste down, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with slight loss to spine ends and corner tips with darkening to spine panel and toning to rear panel with several closed tears to bottom edge. (35893). Item #35893
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