Thomson (Christine Campbell, editor) Not at Night
£475
London, Selwyn & Blount, 1926.
First edition, third impression. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 2/- and stating ‘third edition’.
The first volume in Thomson’s landmark ‘Not at Night’ anthology series, which ran to eleven volumes (1925–1937) and introduced British readers to American pulp weird fiction from Weird Tales and similar magazines. The series was highly influential in shaping British taste for supernatural horror and is a cornerstone collection in the history of the genre. This copy is the first edition, third impression with contemporary dust-jacket, which is notably scarce.
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Jacket with loss to foot of spine with resultant lightening to cloth beneath.
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