Evening standard book of strange stories

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Publication date 1937 topics short stories publisher london. Evening standard, the newspaper march 3, 1943, uniontown, pennsylvaniajunior club ret. It is less novel, more fable a brilliantly unusual book complete with. Some of them are strange books that are a bit disturbing. The evening standard book of strange stories, first edition, original cloth, dustjacket, chipping, tears and creasing to spine ends and corners, splitting to foot of upper foreedge, 8vo, 1934. Uniontown evening standard archives, mar 3, 1943, p. The cloth is edge worn and the back strip is torn off. The evening standard book of strange stories publ hutchinson. They might have ridiculous or uncommon plots, unusual narrators or confusing narration, absurd situations, or anything that stands out as different. This item will be dispatched to uk addresses via second class post within 2 working days of receipt of your order. A comprehensive collection of eightyeight wierd and wonderful stories from eighty leading authors.

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