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New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1929. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-274 [275] [276: blank] [277: ads] [278: blank], original light green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First U.S. edition. First printing with code "(1)" at base of text on page [275]. Published earlier in Britain as OLD MAN'S BEARD (1929). Collects fifteen stories. "... features several fine studies of supernatural malevolence, two of the best being 'The Cairn' and 'Blind Man's Buff.'" - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-200. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1642. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 446. Bleiler (1978), p. 201. Reginald 14767A. Contemporary newspaper review of the book tipped in on verso of rear free endpaper, faint offset on rear paste-down, else a bright, fine copy. Formerly, August Derleth's copy with his signature dated 1929 on front free endpaper. (#75877) (Inventory #: 75877)