Meik, Vivian [Bernard]. VEILS OF FEAR. Philip Allan & Co. Ltd., London, 1934.

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Description: Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-4] 5 [6] 7-228 [229-237: ads] [238: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], original blue cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Episodic occult horror thriller, in which characters Aylett and Vaneken from DEVIL'S DRUMS (1933) battle "a kind of freemasonry of Hell" threatening civilization as they knew it, i.e. the British Empire. Crisp imagery and pulpy writing, both hallmarks of Meik's work. One of the single-author collections published as part of Philip Allan's popular "Creeps" series. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 130. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1141. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 154. Bleiler (1978), p. 137. Reginald 09991. Mild age-darkening to text block, spine ends a bit faded, a nearly fine copy in very good 2/6 pictorial dust jacket with light wear along to and bottom edges. A sharp copy. (#170733)

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