Waldo Frank was known for his serious works and so CHALK FACE came as a surprise to his readers in 1924. It's a dreadful story -- in the sense that it inspires dread -- of an unreliable narrator who loves his exclamation points and is so smug that he uses letters instead of numbers for his chapter names. John Pelan tells you the story of Waldo Frank in his introduction so you are prepared for the atmospheric tale that ensues.
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Waldo Frank was known for his serious works and so CHALK FACE came as a surprise to his readers in 1924. It's a dreadful story -- in the sense that it inspires dread -- of an unreliable narrator who loves his exclamation points and is so smug that he uses letters instead of numbers for his chapter names. John Pelan tells you the story of Waldo Frank in his introduction so you are prepared for the atmospheric tale that ensues.
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Add this copy of Chalk Face to cart. $600.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1924 by Boni and Liveright.
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Seller's Description:
Near Fine in Good jacket. First edition. A small price on the front pastedown, and a trifle spotted on the boards, else near fine in a good dustwrapper with a few chips, mostly on the front panel, and some old and unnecessary internal repairs. The author's only mystery, a horror story listed in both *Bleiler* and *Hubin.*.
