THE CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE
Book Details + Condition: Arkham House (Sauk City, WS). First Edition, 1946. Hardcover with original dust jacket. 248 pages. Limited First Edition of 4000 printed copies. The first collection of short stories by author H.R. Wakefield, to be published by Arkham House. The short stories include:
- Why I Write Ghost Stories
- Into Outer Darkness
- The Alley
- Jay Walkers
- Ingredient X
- Farewell Performance
- Not Quite Cricket
- A Stitch in Time
- Lucky's Grove
- The First Sheaf
- Death of a Poacher
- Used Car
- Masrur
- And more.
Book is in very good condition, with firm binding and only normal 1940s toning to pages. Original jacket (with design by Ronald Clyne) has darkening and chipping to edges; it has been price-clipped and is now protected with a mylar cover.
