Ghost Story, Peter Straub — Uncorrected Proof

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Ghost Story, Peter Straub — Uncorrected Proof

Name: Ghost Story, Peter Straub — Uncorrected Proof
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 5804
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Publication: London, Jonathan Cape, 1979

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 507.

Condition Report: Very Good. The book itself remains structurally sound and tight, bound in the publisher's original red patterned wrappers, which show only mild rubbing to the extremities and slight softening at the spine ends. The text block is firm, with pages remaining clean and bright internally, though the exterior page edges display some minor, scattered foxing and dust-toning commensurate with its age and paper stock. The accompanying original first-edition dust jacket presents beautifully but exhibits moderate shelf-wear, including rubbing along the panel edges, light creasing, and minor nicks to the crown and foot of the spine. Overall, it is a highly presentable and well-preserved proof copy of this classic.

Catalogue Note: This is an uncorrected proof copy of the first UK edition, preceding the standard trade publication. The proof is distinctly bound in Jonathan Cape’s iconic red paper wrappers, heavily decorated with the publisher’s repeating urn-and-foliage device, and explicitly demarcated as an "Uncorrected Proof" at the foot of the spine.

It is particularly noteworthy to find this advance state accompanied by the striking pictorial dust jacket designed for the standard hardcover release. The wrapper art perfectly captures the bleak, hallucinatory horror of Straub's seminal work. With a comparatively small number of proofs produced for early review and pre-publication circulation, this iteration is highly sought after by collectors of modern horror and Stephen King's contemporaries.

In the sleepy, snowbound town of Milburn, New York, four elderly friends, the self-styled Chowder Society, gather twice a month to share tales of the macabre. But their lifelong camaraderie is shadowed by a dark, shared secret from their youth, one they have spent decades trying to bury. When a series of inexplicable and gruesome deaths begins to plague the town, the old men realise that their past has come back to haunt them, bringing with it a supernatural vengeance of terrifying proportions. Widely regarded as a masterpiece of modern horror, Ghost Story is an epic, chilling exploration of guilt, memory, and the inescapable nature of sin.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Peter Straub

Book Publisher: Jonathan Cape

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Horror & Ghost Stories

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 507

Book Publication Year: 1979

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Softcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: Tiptree, Essex, United Kingdom

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