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Thomson (Christine Campbell, editor) Switch on the Light
£295
London, Selwyn & Blount, [1931].
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, slightly later issue priced 2/- and listing 8 of the Not at Night series on the back panel.
Contains 16 weird stories from Weird Tales and other sources. Includes the first book publication of H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘The Rats in the Walls.’
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Foxing to fep, usual tanning to pages due to cheap paper quality, tear to top of spine, in an about VG slightly later dust jacket, browned on the spine and listing eight of the ‘Not at Night’ series on the back panel.
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