Description
Hammett, Dashiell (ed.). Creeps by Night: Chills and Thrills Selected By Dashiell Hammett (New York: Blue Ribbon Books, [©1931])
12mo. 525 pages. Hardcover, bound in red cloth-covered boards stamped in black with a yellow and blue dj. Top edge stained blue, edges untrimmed.
Condition: VG in good dj. DJ shows edge wear and minor tears as can be seen in the photos. Book is square and tight, hinges solid.
“Blue Ribbon Books was established in 1930 by a consortium of publishers (Dodd & Mead, Harcourt & Brace, Harper, and Little Brown) as a reprint publisher to compete with Grosset & Dunlap. Titles were drawn from the back catalog of the publishers involved in the enterprise. Blue Ribbon Books established the Halcyon House imprint for higher price reprints. The manager of Blue Ribbon Books was Eugene Reynal, who established the firm Reynal & Hitchcock in 1933 and purchased Blue Ribbon Books the same year. In 1937 reprint publisher A.L Burt and its series (Burt’s Home Library) were purchased by Blue Ribbon Books. In 1939 Reynal & Hitchcock sold the firm including the Burt and Halcyon House imprints to Doubleday.” – Ohio Wesleyan University website
Contents
Introduction by Dashiell Hammett
A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
Green Thoughts by John Collier
The Ghost of Alexander Perks, A.B. by Robert Dean Frisbie
The House by Andre Maurois
The Kill by Peter Fleming
Ten O’Clock by Philip MacDonald
The Spider by Hanns Heinz Ewers
Breakdown By L.A.G. Strong
The Witch’s Vengeance by W. B. Seabrook
The Rat by S. Fowler Wright
Faith, Hope and Charity by Irvin S. Cobb
Mr. Arcularis by Conrad Aiken
The Music of Erich Zann by H.P. Lovecraft
The Strange Case of Mrs. Arkwright by Harold Dearden
The King of the Cats By Stephen Vincent Benet
The Red Brain by Donald Wandrei
The Phantom Bus by W. Elwyn Backus
Beyond the Door by Paul Suter
Perchance to Dream by Michael Joyce
A Visitor from Egypt by Frank Belknap Long
