Viking, New York, 1937, believe BCE.  Illustrations by Clifton Line.  Hard cover, 98 pages.  Gray cloth with silver lettering on front and spine; some edge wear, age spotting, spine a bit darkened; binding sound.  No jacket.  Prior owner’s bookplate affixed to front paste-down; interior clean and unmarked with one straightened edge crease and tanned pages.  ‘The croquet player, comfortably sipping a vermouth, listens to the strange & terrible tale of the haunted countryside of Cainsmarsh--a horror which broadens & deepens until it embraces the world. … Dark events are plaguing its people. A terrified farmer murders a scarecrow. Family pets are being bludgeoned to death. Loving couples are turning on each other in vicious rage. People are becoming suspicious of every move each other makes. Children are coming to school with marks on them. One observer thinks there's evil underground scattered all over the marsh, invading villagers' minds, & it's spreading.’ (from Goodreads)