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Creeps. A Collection of Uneasy Tales, first edition, 1932

[Creeps series; Birkin (Charles, editor)]. Creeps

£975

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.

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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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