Tales of Mystery and Horror by Maurice Level
$150.00 USD
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Tales of Mystery and Horror by Maurice Level
$150.00 USD
Tales of Mystery and Horror by Maurice Level
Authors: Maurice Level
Interior Artist: W.T. Benda
Location: New York
Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Co.
Date: 1920
Features: First published 1920. Second Printing 1920, stated. Checkerboard patterned cloth. Frontispiece and three black and white plates. Pages rough trimmed; 303 pp. Translated from the French by Alys Eyre Macklin with introduction by Henry B. Irving. "Level inherited the mantle of Villiers de l'Isle Adam as a master of the conte cruel, though he was a less subtle exponent of the art; several of his stories were adapted for the stage by the notorious Grand Guignol Theater in Paris, and his ghoulish twists are unparalleled, save perhaps by Robert Bloch." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-129.
Book Condition: Very Good: A firm copy with mild wear to spine edges and corners. Bright plates.
Dust Jacket Condition: Fair: Not price-clipped. A checkered jacket with loss to edges and flap-folds. Moderate wear to edges. Mild soiling to jacket. In clear protective cover.
HCX23926-1
Authors: Maurice Level
Interior Artist: W.T. Benda
Location: New York
Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Co.
Date: 1920
Features: First published 1920. Second Printing 1920, stated. Checkerboard patterned cloth. Frontispiece and three black and white plates. Pages rough trimmed; 303 pp. Translated from the French by Alys Eyre Macklin with introduction by Henry B. Irving. "Level inherited the mantle of Villiers de l'Isle Adam as a master of the conte cruel, though he was a less subtle exponent of the art; several of his stories were adapted for the stage by the notorious Grand Guignol Theater in Paris, and his ghoulish twists are unparalleled, save perhaps by Robert Bloch." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-129.
Book Condition: Very Good: A firm copy with mild wear to spine edges and corners. Bright plates.
Dust Jacket Condition: Fair: Not price-clipped. A checkered jacket with loss to edges and flap-folds. Moderate wear to edges. Mild soiling to jacket. In clear protective cover.
HCX23926-1