Author: John Collier
Title: The Devil and All: Six Short Stories
Description: London, Nonesuch Press , 1934 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition of John Collier's collection of six fantasy tales, labelled by E. F. Bleiler as "one of the great fantasy collections". Signed, limited edition, published by the Nonesuch Press. This copy is number 667 out of 1000 copies printed. Bound in the publisher's cloth.Illustrated with a striking engraved frontispiece by Blair Hughes-Stanton, a prominent figure in the wood-engraving revival which took place in England in the twentieth century. Collated, complete. A collection of six fantasy tales written by British-born screenwriter and author, John Collier, best known for his short stories, many of which appeared in The New Yorker. Collier received international acclaim from authors including Roald Dahl, Wyndham Lewis and Anthony Burgess, winning the International Fantasy Award for his collection 'Fancies and Goodnights&apos. This particular collection featured stories including 'The Devil, George and Rosie', 'Possession of Angela Bradshaw' and 'Half Way to Hell&apos. Greatly received, this work was labelled as "one of the great fantasy collections" by American science-fiction editor and scholar, E. F. Bleiler. Bound in the publisher's cloth. Externally, very smart, with light bumping to the extremities and a few light marks to cloth. Light cockling to cloth at the head of the front board. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd minor handling mark. Worm holes to page extremities of rear blank. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Blair Hughes Stanton. Very Good Indeed .

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