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Burn Witch Burn!
by A. Merritt
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Liveright, 1933. Very Good/Good. New York: Liveright, 1933. First Edition. Octavo; xii, [xiii-xiv], 15-301pp. Illustrated dust jacket; book in black cloth with gilt lettering and ornamentation. Housed in custom bluish-purple cloth-covered slipcase.
Price-clipped dust jacket amateurly restored by prior owner with full backing in archival tissue and occasionally clumsy color fills and touch-ups along edges, folds, and briefly over lettering; evidence of prior shallow chips, tears, and surface scuffs, with some current fading to front panel at top and along bottom corner and some light general smudging to back. Boards faintly edgeworn with moderate nudging at spine ends. Red topstain almost entirely faded away, with a few light waterspots to top of textblock that do not bleed into pages. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Smells of smoke when opened.
A modern black magic tale with evil reanimated dolls, and the most fun of Merritt's titles to say out loud. Basis for the 1936 Tod Browning film starring Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan, but *not* the basis for the 1962 British film Night of the Eagle (retitled Burn, Witch, Burn! in its US release), which itself was based on Fritz Leiber's Conjure Wife.
[Currey p. 364; Bleiler Supernatural 1160].
Price-clipped dust jacket amateurly restored by prior owner with full backing in archival tissue and occasionally clumsy color fills and touch-ups along edges, folds, and briefly over lettering; evidence of prior shallow chips, tears, and surface scuffs, with some current fading to front panel at top and along bottom corner and some light general smudging to back. Boards faintly edgeworn with moderate nudging at spine ends. Red topstain almost entirely faded away, with a few light waterspots to top of textblock that do not bleed into pages. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Smells of smoke when opened.
A modern black magic tale with evil reanimated dolls, and the most fun of Merritt's titles to say out loud. Basis for the 1936 Tod Browning film starring Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan, but *not* the basis for the 1962 British film Night of the Eagle (retitled Burn, Witch, Burn! in its US release), which itself was based on Fritz Leiber's Conjure Wife.
[Currey p. 364; Bleiler Supernatural 1160].
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14473
- Title
- Burn Witch Burn!
- Author
- A. Merritt
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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