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William Hope Hodgson

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William Hope Hodgson
William Hope Hodgson

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1 Editor: Hitchcock, Alfred Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Skeleton Crew (Orig.: More Stories for Late at Night)
Canada. Dell Pub. Co. 1977 #0-440-15815-X. / 9780440158158 First New Dell Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Water Touched. 
      February, 1977. $1.25 is the original price. 207 pages, plus book advertising at the back of the book. Light beige paper. Tight binding. Green colour to the edging.
Front Cover: There's a triangular, irregularly - creased corner at the top, right (extending inward, 1/2"), plus a 4" slanted one is at the bottom and a double crease at the top, from the left corner. There are also some smaller ones, here-and-there. A bit of light edge wear is at the top and bottom edges and there's a small (1/8" wide x 3/4" long) piece of Cover surface missing at the bottom, right corner.
Spine: A 1/4" piece of Cover surface is missing at the bottom edge, and there's some light edge wear, here-and-there, at the edges.
Back Cover: Some creases are by the left edge, plus at the top and bottom edges. A bit of edge wear, mostly at the top and bottom edges. In General: Two very small spots of water touched at the bottom, right corner, removing a bit of colour (extending inward, about 1/4") and giving a very minor bit of colour bleed and roll at the bottom edge.. The top and bottom corners have a slight upturn (extending inward 1/32"), if that. A few pages have either a very small corner crease or a very small tear, but they aren't very many. There's a very slight tilt to the right.
Story: 11 stories of horror and the macabre by Authors, such as: Bixby and Hodgson. 002619 
Price: 9.90 USD
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2 Editor: Hitchcock, Alfred. Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 12 Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV
U.S. A Dell Book. 1961 #F-206. First New Dell Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Water Touched. 
       December, 1961. $.50 is the original price. 224 pages. Very tight binding. Medium beige paper. Green colour on the edges.
Front Cover: 4-5 very light fingernail marks/bends but they're very minor. A 1" wrinkle/crease is at the top, middle, where someone almost bent the book. Edge wear along the right edge.
Spine: Minor edge wear at the top and bottom edges.
Back Cover: Handling marks by the left side of the book (extending inward about 3") plus some light edge wear at the left and bottom edges.
In General: Small portions of the right edge were touched by water (¼" - wide in 5 spots, extending into the book about 1/8"). The most is at the bottom of the right edge where it went in about 1" and slightly rolled the paper.
Story: A collection of short stories by some good Authors, including: William Hope Hodgson, Margaret St. Clair, Saki, et al. If you've read Hodgson's Carnacki, the Ghost Hunter you'll know what I mean by the quality of writing. 000629 
Price: 8.00 USD
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