DR CALIGARI'S BLACK BOOK: Edited By Peter Haining 1969 1st Edition Rare

 
Dr. CALIGARI'S BLACK BOOK 
 
Edited by Peter Haining
 
New English Library, 1969 - includes the story ‘The Last Séance’ by Agatha Christie
 
The New English Library Limited, London, 1969. ‘NEL’ no. 2551. First edition, paperback. 
 
Very collectable, a vintage horror fiction paperback. A collection of stories assembled by Peter Haining. 
 
Contains: 
 
Amber Print – Basil Copper
The Second Awakening of a Magician – S.L. Dennis
The Haunted Cinema – Louis Golding
The Jar – Ray Bradbury
The Theatre Upstairs – Manly Wade Wellman
The Last Seance – Agatha Christie
Headlines For Tod Shayne – August Derleth
The Sorceror’s Apprentice – Robert Bloch
The Harlem Horror – Charles Lloyd
The End of a Show – Barry Pain.
 
Superb fantastical cover art is the work of the legendary Bruce Pennington, arguably the finest cover artist in publishing history, based on stills provided by Gerald McKee.

Selling as pictured – the photographs are the actual item for sale and are not stock photos. While the description below is detailed, please study the photographs to get an exact idea of the book’s condition.

Good, if not very good, condition for age. Light cover and edge wear and very occasional minor surface marking/scratching. Almost erased biro former second-hand price at top right of front cover and small biro squiggle at top right of rear cover. Spine is very good, lightly chipped at bottom. Text block edges tanned with a little foxing. Crisp and sound internally, pages somewhat tanned throughout, trace of foxing early on front and back (really just the inner cover and initial page). No writing inside, just a small neat previous owner’s initials ink stamp on top of first page. All in all, a nice copy of this vintage paperback.