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[Birkin (Charles, editor)]. Creeps.
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A Collection of Uneasy Tales
London, Philip Allan, 1932.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
The original anthology from the famous ‘Creeps’ series, featuring stories by Elliott O’Donnell and others.
Out of stock
Owner’s ink-stamp to front pastedown; cloth a little bumped, small section of darkening at head of spine; jacket with some edge wear, mottling and wear to spine.
Jacket artwork by Philip Simmonds.
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