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Monsters, Monsters, Monsters by Helen Hoke (ed.)

Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Oct 31st, 2021. Artwork published in
circa 1974
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Book jacket of the 1975 edition, Franklin Watts, New York
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Book jacket of the 1975 edition, Franklin Watts, New York

A waterfall of all-caps letters lures the reader into Monsters, Monsters, Monsters. The anthology of horror stories selected by Helen Hoke was published by Franklin Watts in 1974. The jacket of the first edition featured Giorgio on the cover (see below). It was replaced with Eckmann for a 1975 printing. The included authors are Joseph Payne Brennan, Eric Frank Russell, E.F. Benson, A.W. Reed & Inez Hames, Ray Bradbury, Edgar Allen Poe, Owen Rutter, H.G. Wells, Jacynth Hope-Simpson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Saki, Ambrose Pierce, and H.P. Lovercraft. The book contains pictures by Charles Keeping.

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Book jacket of the first edition, Franklin Watts, London and New York, 1974
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Book jacket of the first edition, Franklin Watts, London and New York, 1974

The interior appears to be largely identical in both editions. This is the title page from the 1975 book.
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The interior appears to be largely identical in both editions. This is the title page from the 1975 book.

Table of contents, with tabular oldstyle numerals for the page numbers
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Table of contents, with tabular oldstyle numerals for the page numbers

Story opening with the title in Giorgio. The text typeface is .
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Story opening with the title in Giorgio. The text typeface is Plantin.

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