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First edition

Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

Herbert A. Wise and Phyllis Fraser
The Modern Library, 1944. First edition.
$40One copy · this copy
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Very Good
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RCB-5fa5d3765ed2
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-5fa5d3765ed2 · 9 photographs of this copy
✓
Copyright 1944 by Random House, Inc. — the first appearance of this anthology
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Modern Library Giant (thick volume, text runs past p.869)
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Torchbearer/running-figure colophon on title page and gilt hexagon device on front board
examined on the copy in hand
✓
'Manufactured in the United States of America by H. Wolff' on copyright page
examined on the copy in hand
✓
No number line and no stated printing — normal for Modern Library, so printing cannot be read from this page
examined on the copy in hand
Flaws, each one named
1
Light rubbing/loss to gilt lettering on spine
noted on the copy in hand
2
General light shelf wear to cloth
noted on the copy in hand
3
Toning to page-block edges
see it — photograph 9
This copy
First edition

What a true first shows: First published by The Modern Library (Random House) in 1944 as a Modern Library Giant. The Modern Library edition IS the first appearance of this anthology. First-PRINTING identification for Modern Library titles is not made from the copyright page (which carries the same 1944 copyright on every reprint) but from external points: the dust jacket's list of in-print titles, the jacket price, the spine number, and the binding/endpaper design of the period.

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.