Arkham House has brought readers the cases of William Hope Hodgson's Carnacki, Seabury Quinn's Jules de Grandin, and Margery Lawrence's Dr. Miles Pennoyer. Now we offer seventeen accounts from the files of newspaper reporter Tex Harrigan, where we see the versatile hand of August Derleth in a refreshingly new genre. The stories are: "Mcllvaine's Star," "A Corner for Lucia," "Invaders from the Microcosm," "Mark VII," "The Other Side of the Wall," "An Eye for History," "The Maugham Obsession," "A Traveller in Time," "The ...
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Arkham House has brought readers the cases of William Hope Hodgson's Carnacki, Seabury Quinn's Jules de Grandin, and Margery Lawrence's Dr. Miles Pennoyer. Now we offer seventeen accounts from the files of newspaper reporter Tex Harrigan, where we see the versatile hand of August Derleth in a refreshingly new genre. The stories are: "Mcllvaine's Star," "A Corner for Lucia," "Invaders from the Microcosm," "Mark VII," "The Other Side of the Wall," "An Eye for History," "The Maugham Obsession," "A Traveller in Time," "The Detective and the Senator," "Protoplasma," "The Mechanical House," "By Rocket to the Moon," "The Man Who Rode the Saucer," "Ferguson's Capsules," "The Penfield Misadventure," "The Remarkable Dingdong," and "The Martian Artifact."
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Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 087054070X. 1 of 4000 copies. Light bump at the tip of the bottom, rear corner. Else binding clean. SOme age-darkening, light freckling to the page edges. Else pages clean. Some age-darkening to the flap folds of the DJ, and some sun-darkening to the white lettering on the DJ spine. Else DJ clean.; 28D; 7.5 x 5.25"; 256 pages.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 12mo. (5' x 7') in mildly worn dustjacket and taning to margins. Front flap not clipped. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. Grey end pages with faded margins. Edition of 4000. 256 pages.
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As New in As New jacket. This is an unread copy in a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. One of 4000 copies. This book collects all the science fiction stories Derleth ever wrote. Contains seventeen stories, each an account from the files ofTex Harrigan, a Doubting Thomas newspaper reporter.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 12mo-over 6¾-7¾" tall. 1st Printing. 1/8" wide stain across upper edge of rear panel, mainly noticeable from back side of jacket. Minor stains to black cloth, slight abrasions along top edges of cloth. No markings, no book plate. Jacket has no chips or tears. Collects all Derleth's short science fiction. 256 pages.
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Very Good + in Very Good + jacket. Book First edition, first printing Book is in Very Good + condition. Boards have a tiny bit of shelf wear. Fore edges have a small amount of wear. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Very Good + condition. Tiny bit of shelf wear/rub. Tiniest bit of wear along the edges. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar wrapper. Thanks and Enjoy. All-Ways well boxed, All-Ways fast service. Thanks.
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Utpatel, Frank. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "Harrigan's File contains all the science fiction August Derleth ever wrote and prepared for publication. The seventeen "documentary" accounts of "queer people", from the files of a doubting Thomas-newspaper reporter Tex Harrigan-employ virtually every theme of pseudo-science genre". Four thousand copies of htis book have been printed by The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelly & Sons Company, from Linotype Garmound and printed on the Cameron book production system on 55# Dontext. The binding cloth is Holliston Black Novelex. Hardcover. 8vo. Arkham House 1975. The jacket is the work of Frank Utpatel. 256 pp. Includes Mylar protective covering taped to board. Previous owner's attractive nameplate on inside front free endpaper.
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Very Good + in Very Good-Fine jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Solid book with a small damp stain in the cloth on the bottom right corner of the front cover. Otherwise the book is near fine. The dust jacket has a bit of the dye from the cloth on the inside and otherwise is near fine. States inside that 4000 copies were printed. A collection of derleth's science fiction short stories.
