Shudders, First edition, 1932.
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Shudders, First edition, 1932.

[Birkin (Charles, editor)] Shudders.

£975

A Collection of Uneasy Tales
London, Philip Allan, 1932.

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original beige cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.

The second volume in the ‘Creeps’ series, Shudders collects eleven “uneasy” horror stories by Birkin (under his own name and pseudonymous), H. R. Wakefield, Tod Robbins, Elliott O’Donnell and others.

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Minor toning to text block; cloth with issue to foot of lower cover, otherwise very good; jacket rather worn at edges with some loss, marking to spine.

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