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Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales
by Henry S. Whitehead
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0859780058
- ISBN 13
- 9780859780056
- Seller
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Cottage Grove, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Tight, square spine. Gilt to spine remains bright. Former owner name to the front flyleaf, but interior is else clean and unmarked. A small area of very light soiling to the fore-edge, but no other notable wear to the book. Price-clipped jacket has areas of rubbing and edge-wear. 394 pp. Fiction.
Synopsis
Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by author Henry S. Whitehead. It was released in 1944 and was his first book published by Arkham House. 1,559 copies were printed. The introduction is by Whitehead's fellow Floridian Robert H. Barlow. The stories for this volume were taken chiefly from the magazines Weird Tales and Adventure.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Goodbar Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 931682
- Title
- Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales
- Author
- Henry S. Whitehead
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0859780058
- ISBN 13
- 9780859780056
- Publisher
- Neville Spearman
- Place of Publication
- Jersey, UK
- Date Published
- 1974
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- Gilt
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.