Notes on Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

The house on the older dust jacket is the logo of Random House, parent company of the Modern Library, slightly modified to make the front façade look like a frightened face.

This was the first title in the giants that used the generic decorated end papers.

First copyright page text:     First Modern Library Giant Edition

First binding style:     G5

First inverse DJ number:     329

Dates in print:     1947 - 1975

Toledano number:     G072.1

GT42

Confirmed buckram sighting?            no

Intro author:     Herbert Wise and Phyllis Fraser

Genre:     Short Stories

Original language:      English, French

Thanks to the contributors:
Henry Toledano Barry Neavill John Peterson
Darrell Johnson

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