1971 "First published in 1971" stated on copyright page; Stein and Day publishers, New York; Book Club Edition; hardbound; very good condition with unmarked pages; dust jacket very good.
 
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With an introduction by Vincent Price and an Afterword by Christopher Lee,it's already hard to pass this up.  Inside the book, Haining offers several rare short stories that inspired many classic horror films.

Titles include:
The Devil in a Convent
The Lunatics
Puritan Passions
Phantom of the Opera(abridged and condensed)
The Magician
Freaks(Spurs)
The Most Dangerous Game
Dracula's Daughter(Dracula's Guest)
All That Money can Buy
The Body Snatcher
The Beast With Five Fingers
Beast Ftom 20,000 Fathoms(The Fog Horn)
The Fly
Black Sunday
Incident at Owl Creek
Die,Monster,Die(The Colour out of Space)
The Skull(THe Skull of the Marquis De Sade)
The Oblong Box