Stories on which the famous horror movies were based. Includes The Devil in a Convent ? (1971) ? short story by Francis Oscar Mann (variant of The Devil in a Nunnery) The Lunatics (1971) short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Feather) Puritan Passions (1852) by Nathaniel Hawthorne (variant of Feathertop: A Moralized Legend) Phantom of the Opera (abridged)(1971) by Gaston Leroux The Magician (excerpt) (1908) Spurs, by Tod Robbins (on which the infamous 1932 film Freaks was based). Laminated pictorial boards as published. Pages tanned otherwise VG.
Hardcover. 382p., introduction, afterword, cast of characters, illustrations, very good first edition in green buckram boards with vampire vignette, price-clipped dj with spot of discoloration on rear panel and small tear at hinge. Wonderful collection of short horror tales by the masters upon which films were made, as in: "The Foghorn"/"Beast From 20,000 Fathoms".
Hardcover. Condition: As New.
hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap! Looks like an interesting title!.