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Hardback. New. Uncanny Tales Here are all eight of F. Marion Crawford's supernatural pieces, including the rare story "The King's Messenger," as well as such classics as "The Upper Berth" (considered by many to be the finest ghost story ever written) and many more.

Uncanny Tales by F. Marion Crawford (Tartarus Press, [new edition] 2008).
This collection originally published by Tartarus in 1999 as a limited edition of 250 numbered copies; this copy being the later 2008 edition. Both hardback editions now out-of-print.
Hardback in a dustwrapper. Sewn-in ribbon page-marker. pp [2] frontispiece, xvi, [2], 239. Size: 9.5 x 6.5 inches approx. (240mm x 160mm).
A nice, clean copy.
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London: Ernest Benn LTD, 1930. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4.5". None. A collection of the horror and supernatural short stories of F. Marion Crawford, a collection including seven of his most popular stories. A 1930 reprint for Benn's Essex Library, the series was edited by Edward G. Hawke.Weird and eerie short stories by F. Marion Crawford, including seven stories.This collection includes 'The Dead Smile', 'The Screaming Skull', 'Man Overboard!', 'For the Blood is the Life', 'The Upper Berth', 'By the Waters of Paradise', and 'The Doll's Ghost'. Perhaps the most famous tale in this collection is 'The Upper Berth', a tale of a stateroom haunted by suicide. 'For the Blood is Life' is a brilliant vampiress tale.Francis Marion Crawford was an American author best known for his weird and fantastical stories. This collection was first published in 1911, two years after Crawford's death. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart, with only a few light marks to the boards and… Read More

US: Tartarus Press, 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Limited to 250 numbered copies, of which this is number 68. Pages are clean, no markings from previous owners. Boards are clean and square. Binding is tight. Text block is clean. DJ has minor sun toning to front cover, about an inch across, back inside cover has additional sun toning ending at the pages.

London, United Kingdom: T. Fisher Unwin, 1911. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK edition, First Printing. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-307 [308: printer's imprint] title page, with the date 1911 under publishers name, printed in orange and black, quarter bound leather, front panel marble with gilt borders, matching blue end pages. Tight binding, raised bands, gilt lettering to spine, clean pages with some scattered foxing in places and to edges..

T. FISHER UNWIN, LONDON, 1911 HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, HALF TITLE PRESENT PLUS HALF TITLES TO ALL STORIES. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES. SPINE SLIGHTLY FADED WITH SOME MINOR RUBBING TO COVER EDGES, FRONT HINGE COCKED SLIGHTLY FORWARD, BROWNING & LIGHT FOXING TO ENDPAPERS, VERY OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING TO PAGES WITH OCCASIONAL MINOR WRINKLES TO PAGES AT INNER MARGINS [SEE LAST IMAGE FOR EXAMPLE]. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY WITH BOARDS WELL ATTACHED & PAGES MOSTLY FREE OF FOXING. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.