Vintage 1968 first-edition, first-printing paperback of Red Skelton’s Favorite Ghost Stories, selected and edited by beloved comedian Red Skelton.

This is the collectible first Tempo Books edition—not a later 1970s printing. It features striking Harry Kane horror cover artwork depicting Red Skelton holding a ghostly severed head.

BOOK DETAILS:

• First Tempo Books Edition, 1968

• Stated First Printing

• Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap

• Catalog number T-182 / 4882

• Original 75¢ cover price

• 187 pages

• Formerly titled A Red Skelton in Your Closet

• Abridged paperback edition

The anthology contains ghost stories and poems by noted writers including Lord Dunsany, Washington Irving, Oscar Wilde, Lafcadio Hearn, John Kendrick Bangs and others.

CONDITION:

Exceptionally well-preserved, near-fine to near-mint vintage condition. The binding is clean, square and firmly attached. The spine remains straight and uncreased, suggesting the book may have been carefully stored and possibly never fully read.

The illustrated covers remain remarkably bright and glossy. Pages are clean and securely bound, with only natural age-toning. Very slight corner and edge wear is visible under close examination. Please review all photographs for the exact condition.

An unusually clean first-printing copy with outstanding vintage horror cover art—ideal for collectors of ghost stories, horror paperbacks, Red Skelton memorabilia and mid-century cover illustration.

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