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Lot 328
Sale 6331 - The Collected Library: Summer Reading
Lots Open
Jul 31, 2025
Lots Close
Aug 13, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$300 -
400
Price Realized
$455
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Lot Description
PRIESTLEY, John Boynton (1894-1984). The Old Dark House. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1928.
8vo. Original pale blue cloth stamped in navy (spine toned and skewed, some soiling or small stains to covers, front hinge starting at flyleaf).
FIRST EDITION (stated on copyright and with the code "M-B". The basis for the 1932 Universal Pictures horror film of the same name, directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff, Charles Laughton, and Gloria Stuart. RARE: We traced no copies at auction.
Selections from the Library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon
This lot is located in Chicago.