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Whitehead, Henry S.. Jumbee And Other Uncanny Tales. Arkham House, 1944.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: black binding
Seller: RP BOOKS, Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$214.97 + shipping
Description: Poor copy, wear and tear as with age. Boards damaged. Text remains in fine condition. Physical description; xii, 394 p., 1 . 20 cm. Subject; Short stories, English. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$244.00 + shipping
Description: Poor copy, wear and tear as with age. Boards damaged. Text remains in fine condition. Physical description; xii, 394 p., 1 . 20 cm. Subject; Short stories, English. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Henry S. Whitehead. Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales. Arkham House, 1944.
Price: US$245.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Arkham House, 1944. Hardcover. CONDITION: Very Good, 1st edition. DJ CONDITION: Reproduction DJ. Black cloth boards in G-VG condition; some light bumping to corners and at top edge near spine and light scuffing to back board. Spine straight, binding tight, rolling to cloth at both ends, title text faded. 394 pages w/light tanning - mainly around the edges, clean and unmarked. DJ is a reproduction, protected in mylar. The sixth book published by Arkham contains 14 stories, eleven of which were published in WEIRD TALES.
Seller: Geiger and Archer Books, Endicott, NY, U.S.A.
Whitehead, Henry S. Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales. Arkham House, 1944.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Price of $3.00 is unclipped. Interior very clean but pages have slightly yellowed. Pictures on request
Seller: Old Village Books, Mt. Pleasant, SC, U.S.A.
Henry S. Whitehead. Jumbee And Other Uncanny Tales. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1944.
Price: US$260.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1944. First Edition black cloth Hardcover, no DJ, xii + 394 pp. Limited to 1559 copies; the sixth Arkham House book, Introduction by R. H. Barlow. 14 weird stories 11 from WEIRD TALES (from 1924 to 1933) and all but one set in the West Indies. My name-stamp on ffep along with a crossed-out previous owner's name/address (with legible 1/20/46 date). Very solid, clean, square book, but lacking DJ.
Seller: JAC Books, Cortland, NY, U.S.A.
Whitehead, Henry S.. JUMBEE AND OTHER UNCANNY TALES. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1944.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of only 1,559 copies printed. The sixth book published by Arkham House: "Exceptional stories of Caribbean magic, mostly from Weird Tales, by Lovecraft's friend who was the Anglican archbishop to the Virgin Islands. "These stories stand up as solidly today as when they were first written" (Jack Chalker and Mark Owings: The Science-Fantasy Publishers). Small octavo. Original cloth binding, with gilt titles. Mild toning along the spine of the dust jacket; else very good or better.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Whitehead, Henry S.. JUMBEE AND OTHER UNCANNY TALES.. Arkham House, 1944.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, dark navy cloth covers, xii [1-2] 3-394 pages plus colophon. One cover corner lightly bumped. Unclipped dust jacket spine browned, tape on inside at head and foot of spine. Introduction by B. H. Barlow. Fourteen weird tales. 042407C
Seller: Alkahest Books, Deerfield, IL, U.S.A.
Whitehead, Henry S.. JUMBEE AND OTHER UNCANNY TALES. Arkham House, [Sauk City, Wisconsin], 1944.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii-xii [1-3] 4-394 [395: colophon] [396: blank], original black cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. 1559 copies printed. The sixth Arkham House book. Whitehead's posthumously published first collection of weird fiction, fourteen stories including eleven of the twenty-five stories he published in WEIRD TALES between 1924 and 1933. All but one of the stories collected here "are set in the West Indies and are redolent with local color . Whitehead was a cut above the general run of pulp writers, and his stories feature some remarkable motifs, occasionally let down by inept plotting." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 4-165. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-213. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1706. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-229. Early owner's signature dated 1944 at top edge of front paste-down. Mild spotting to top edge of text block, else a fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with small stain to inner surface of at lower spine end (no show through) and fading to spine panel, here less than usual. A nice copy. (#138081)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Jumbee and Other Uncanny Tales by Henry S. Whitehead (First Edition) A firm square copy with minor wear to spine ends, bright gilt. Slight fade to the spine paper color, letter stamping strong. Not price-clipped. Clear cover.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Whitehead, Henry S.. JUMBEE AND OTHER UNCANNY TALES. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1944.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, jacket illustration by Charles Frank Wakefield, cloth. 1559 copies printed. The sixth Arkham House book. Whitehead's posthumously published first collection of weird fiction, fourteen stories including eleven of the twenty-five stories he published in WEIRD TALES between 1924 and 1933. All but one of the stories collected here "are set in the West Indies and are redolent with local color . Whitehead was a cut above the general run of pulp writers, and his stories feature some remarkable motifs, occasionally let down by inept plotting." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 4-165. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 3-213. Bleiler: The Guide To Supernatural Fiction #1706. Some foxing to end papers and last several leaves, a nearly fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with mild wear to corner tips and head of spine panel, with the usual color fade to spine panel. (23622)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Whitehead, Henry S.. JUMBEE AND OTHER UNCANNY TALES. Arkham House, [Sauk City, Wisconsin], 1944.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii-xii [1-3] 4-394 [395: colophon] [396: blank], original black cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. 1559 copies printed. The sixth Arkham House book. Whitehead's posthumously published first collection of weird fiction, fourteen stories including eleven of the twenty-five stories he published in WEIRD TALES between 1924 and 1933. All but one of the stories collected here "are set in the West Indies and are redolent with local color . Whitehead was a cut above the general run of pulp writers, and his stories feature some remarkable motifs, occasionally let down by inept plotting." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 4-165. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-213. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1706. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-229. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with mild tanning to spine panel, less than usual for this jacket. A very attractive copy. Uncommon in this condition. (#162653)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Whitehead, Henry S.. JUMBEE AND OTHER UNCANNY TALES. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1944.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, jacket illustration by Charles Frank Wakefield, cloth. 1559 copies printed. The sixth Arkham House book. Whitehead's posthumously published first collection of weird fiction, fourteen stories including eleven of the twenty-five stories he published in WEIRD TALES between 1924 and 1933. All but one of the stories collected here "are set in the West Indies and are redolent with local color . Whitehead was a cut above the general run of pulp writers, and his stories feature some remarkable motifs, occasionally let down by inept plotting." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 4-165. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 3-213. Bleiler: The Guide To Supernatural Fiction #1706. A fine copy in a very good to nearly fine copy with touch of rubbing to front corner tips and usual color fade to spine panel. (25753)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
Whitehead, Henry S.. JUMBEE AND OTHER UNCANNY TALES. Arkham House, Sauk City, WI, 1944.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, jacket illustration by Charles Frank Wakefield, cloth. 1559 copies printed. The sixth Arkham House book. Whitehead's posthumously published first collection of weird fiction, fourteen stories including eleven of the twenty-five stories he published in WEIRD TALES between 1924 and 1933. All but one of the stories collected here "are set in the West Indies and are redolent with local color . Whitehead was a cut above the general run of pulp writers, and his stories feature some remarkable motifs, occasionally let down by inept plotting." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 4-165. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 3-213. Bleiler: The Guide To Supernatural Fiction #1706. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with slight color fade to the spine panel, still retaining some pink color. (25771)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.