CONJURE WIFE

First edition in book form, first printing. Original tan cloth with orange titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding firm with a tiny dent to the top edge of the upper board and some light rubbing and toning at the extremities. The contents, with a bookplate to the front pastedown, a small bookseller's label to the rear pastedown and light toning to the paper-stock, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased original dustwrapper that has a few short closed tears and some minor chipping around the head of the lightly faded spine. Not price-clipped ($2.75 on the front flap).

The author's first novel, a supernatural horror about a sociology professor who discovers that witchcraft is an open secret among women after snooping in his wife's dressing table. It was first published in Unknown Worlds magazine in 1943 and is published as a standalone volume here for the first time. It was awarded the 'Retro' Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2019.