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THE WILD NIGHT COMPANY, Irish stories of fantasy & horror
by Haining, Peter (editor)
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- very good
- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Small octavo. A collection of 22 stories: "The Man Wolf," by Giraldus Cambrensis, "Teig O'Kane and the Corpse," a traditional story, "The Friendly Demon," by Daniel Defoe, "The Parricide's Tale," by Charles Robert Maturin, "The Soul Cages," by T. Crofton Croker, "Wicked Captain Walshawe," by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, "Legends of Witches, Fairies and Leprechauns," by Lady Wilde, "The Canterville Ghost," by Oscar Wilde, "The Banshee's Warning," by Charlotte Riddell, "The Legend of Finn M'Coul," by William Carleton, "Julia Cahill's Curse," by George Moore, "The Crucifixion of the Outcast," by W. B. Yeats, "The Man from Kilsheelan," A. E. Coppard, "The Dead Smile," by Francis Marion Crawford, "Hell Fire," by James Joyce, "Witch Wood," by Lord Dunsany, "The House Among the Laurels," by William Hope Hodgson, "The Coonian Ghost," by Shane Leslie, "The Haunted Spinney," by Elliott O'Donnell, "The Moon-Bog," by H. P. Lovecraft, "The Fairies' Revenge," by Sinead de Valera," and "A Wild Night in Galway," by Ray Bradbury. Bradbury also contributes a foreword, with editor Haining providing the introduction. Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 287 pages. Mildly cocked, lightly smudged edges, high school library stamp on title page, in lightly smudged dust jacket w/sticker glue stain to spine..
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- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019413
- Title
- THE WILD NIGHT COMPANY, Irish stories of fantasy & horror
- Author
- Haining, Peter (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- Small octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NOISBN, Giraldus Cambrensis, Daniel Defoe, Charles Robert Maturin, T. Crofton Croker, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Lady Wilde, Oscar Wilde, Charlotte Riddell, William Carleton, George Moore, W. B. Yeats, A. E. Coppard, Francis Marion Crawford, James Joyce,
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