Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Hammett, Dashiell. Creeps by Night. Blue Ribbon Books, 1931.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Chills and thrills selected by Hammett. Stories by William Faulkner, Andre Maurios, Philip Macdonald, Irvin Cobb, H P Lovecraft, Donald Wandrei, Frank Long and others. Introduction by Hammett. First Blue Ribbon edition same year as John Day first edition. Green cloth binding with light wear and a mark on the spine. Light musty smell when opened.
Seller: Route 3 Books, Sandstone, MN, U.S.A.
HAMMETT, Dashiell. Creeps by Night. The John Day Co, New York, 1931.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 525pp, octavo, black boards with green titles and decor, worn corners, mild edge wear, no marks to the text, owner's stamp on ffep, spine has faded and is creased, binding is tight. no publication date given, but the introduction by Hammet is copyright 1931.
Seller: COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$110.21 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Erste Ausgabe überhaupt dieser Sammlung von Horrorgeschichten. 525 S. Oktav. Oln (black cloth) ohne OU. Titelprägung am Rücken und am Einband. Unauffälliger Namenszug auf dem Innendeckel ebenfalls ein unauffälliger, winziger Stempel auf der Rückseite des Titelblattes. Sehr feste Buchbindung. Wohl gelesen, aber in einem sehr guten Zustand ohne Markierungen oder Gebrauchsspuren. Einband ebenfalls sehr gut erhalten. Aus dem Inhalt Hammett: Introduction , 7-9; William Faulkner: "A Rose For Emily,"15- 32;John Collier: "Green thoughts", 33-62;André Maurois: "The house", 87-90; Philip MacDonald: "The clock", 113-142; H.P. Lovecraf: "The Music of Eric Zann" , 347-364 (EA); Donald Wandrei: "The Red Brain" 423-440; Frank Belknap Long: "The visitor from Egypt", 505-525.
Seller: Antiquariat Leseband, Freiburg, Germany
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Short Stories of the Supernatural. Authors include Dashiell Hammett, William Faulkner, H. P. Lovecraft and others. 525pp, bound in original black cloth, with binding tight. Covers show upper edge wear to spine, upper bumped corners, light stain to outer top page edges.
Seller: Monroe Bridge Books, MABA Member, Houlton, ME, U.S.A.
Hammett, Dashiell. Creeps By Night. John Day, NY, 1931.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Small concave crease down center of spine. Former owner's bookplate inside front board. Lite bumping to corners. Book is clean, squae and tight. A much sought after book containing a collection of horror stories by some of the masters.
Seller: Bob Lakin Books, Chatfield, TX, U.S.A.
Hammett, Dashiell. Creeps By Night Chills and Thrills BLACK HB. JOHN DAY CO, NY, 1931.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: some fraying at bottom/top of spine & corners of boards, one big mark and a few little stain to back cover, DATE PUBLISHED: 1931 EDITION: 525
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
HAMMETT, Dashiell. Creeps by Night, Chills and Thrills. Blue Ribbon Books, New York, 1931.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Presumed First Blue Ribbon Books Edition, and second edition overall, coming after the John Day Co. first edition but before (we believe) the Tudor Publishing printing and World Books edition. Great mystery anthology edited by Hammett and including an introduction by him. Authors include William Faulkner, Philip MacDonald, Paul Suter, H. P. Loveccraft, Conrad Aiken, and others. Near Fine bright copy in Very Good dustjacket, small chip at top spine end, some nicks and wear at edges.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.