Ghost Stories
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Haunted House and Other Short Stories
by Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf’s intention to publish her short stories is carried out in this volume, posthumously collected by her husband, Leonard Woolf. Containing six of eight stories from Monday or Tuesday, seven that appeared in magazines, and five other stories, the book makes available Virginia Woolf’s shorter works of fiction. Foreword by Leonard Woolf.
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The Yotsuya Kwaidan of Otwa Inari
by James S. de Benneville
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1917. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. A famous Japanese ghost story, still an influence on Japanese horror today. Yotsuya Kaidan tells the story of Oiwa and Tamiya Iemon. The original was penned as a kabuki play in 1825 by Tsuruya Nanboku IV, and the plot sees murder and ghostly revenge.Illustrated with a hand painted colour frontispiece.This edition is retold in English by James S. de Benneville.An uncommon edition of this well-known work. In a full...
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A$116.29
Harriet Hume
by Rebecca West
London: Hutchinson and Co, 1929. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. An uncommon, first edition of this novel by noted author and journalist Rebecca West. Undated, dated from Library Hub and the adverts which are dated 1929. Rebecca West is best known for her adaptability to write in a diversity of genres. She was also a literary critic and journalist who was a correspondent for 'The Bookman' and notably covered the Nuremberg trials for 'The New Yorker'. This is a modernist novel...
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A$145.36
A Rendezvous in Averoigne
by Clark Ashton Smith
Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1988. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8" by 5.5". Jeffrey K. Potter . A first edition of this collection of science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from American writer Clark Ashton Smith. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A collection of science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from the author's major story cycles of Averoigne, Hyperborea, Poseidonis, Xiccarph, and Zothique. A total of thirty short-stories including: The Tale of Satampra Zeiros, The...
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Ghost Stories of the Estes Valley: Volume 1
by Lasky, Celeste
Estes Park: Write On Publications 1998.0964333139. Later [5th] printing. This copy has been inscribed "Enjoy!" and signed by the author on the title page. Decorated wrappers [about 6" x 9"], saddle-stapled, 53 pages. Near fine copy with corner creasing bx294
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A$12.40
The Wine of Angels
by Phil Rickman
London: Macmillan, 1998. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 9.5" by 6". None. A fine first edition copy of Phil Rickman's The Wine of Gods Attractive with the original dustwrapper. A supernatural ghost story, and the author's first novel in the Merrily Watkins series. Phil Rickman is a British author of supernatural and mystery novels. In a black cloth binding with unclipped dustwrapper. Externally in lovely condition. Dustwrapper is excellent with just some very light shelfwear....
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A$310.11A$279.10
Poltergeists: An Introduction and Examination followed by Chosen Instances
by Sacheverell Sitwell
London: Faber & Faber , 1940. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 5.5". Irene Hawkins; Cruikshank . Smart copy of this very scarce true first edition of Sacheverell Sitwell's book dedicated to poltergeists. The true first edition of this work, published by Faber and Faber in 1940. More commonly found is the first US edition of 1959. A collection of ghost tales by Sacheverell Sitwell, containing descriptions and studies of hauntings, strange phenomena, reported poltergeists, and more...
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A$261.66
MORE HAUNTED HOUSES OF LONDON.
by O'DONNELL, Elliott
London: Eveleigh Nash Company., [1920]. First Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth lettered and ruled in black on spine panel, double-bordered in black on front cover. 187 pp. Dampstain to lower corner of front cover, small stain to front free endpaper. A good, sound copy, in the rare dust jacket, priced at 5/ net on spine. The jacket shows none of the staining as found on the book, but the jacket flaps match the foxing / discolouration on the endpapers. The jacket is lightly worn with small splits on...
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A$697.23
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James
by M. R. James
London: Edward Arnold, 1934 . Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. The third impression of this collected edition of the ghost stories of English author and medievalist scholar M. R. James. The third impression of this collected edition of the ghost stories of Montague Rhodes James, consisting of thirty-one tales from James's pre-existing four volumes of ghost stories.Known as the originator of the 'antiquarian ghost story genre' with the 1904 publication of his 'Ghost Stories of an Antiquary',...
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A$658.99A$593.09
The Ingoldsby Legends; or, Myth and marvels
by (BARHAM, Richard). Ingoldsby, Thomas
London: Bentley, 1855. hardcover. near fine. Series I, II & III. Illustrations by George Cruikshank, John Leech, and Dalton. 3 volume, 8vo, full polished calf, gilt backs with green leather labels, gilt tops; original covers bound in. London: Bentley, 1855. Near fine.<br/><br/> Eleventh Edition. Humorous parodies of medieval folklore and poetry.<br/><br/>
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A$2,324.10
Ghosts of Grainger Town; Further Tales from Newcastle's Darker Side
by Histon, Vanessa
Tyne Bridge Publishing, Newcastle on Tyne, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. More macabre tales from Newcastle in this celebration of the city's dark side. The title describes some of the ghosts seen by ordinary people living and working in Newcastle and explores the history of the haunted buildings. It delves into the Victorian fascination with seances and spirit manifestations, and describes some of the shadowy corners of Castle Garth. It also re-examines a...
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A$15.02
Where the Ghosts Walk: The Gazetteer of Haunted Britain
by Peter Underwood
Souvenir Press Ltd, 2013. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2013 Souvenir Press Ltd. softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Profiling hundreds of chilling and gruesome apparitions-from the famous to the obscure-this guidebook to the ghostly covers sites from Scotland, Wales, and England. Noted paranormal authority Peter Underwood takes readers on a tour of haunted...
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A$66.55
All Hallows #34
by Roden, Barbara and Christopher
Price temporarily reduced, 15% off! Canada: Ash Tree Press, 2003. Paperback. Good/None. The Journal of the Ghost Story Society Pictorial softcover, small 8vo., with light soiling to page edges. Two instances of underlining in News & Notes, otherwise unmarked. BOOK INFO: Love Knot by Simon Bestwick; The Roar of the Rain by Darren Goossens; Ye Olde Video Shoppe by Aaron Albrecht; The Crypt of the Innocents by Philip McCormac; The Cloud People by Peter H. Wood; A is for the Angel by Lee Jackson; The Flit...
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A$26.34
Sussex Ghosts (Viewing Sussex series)
by Moore, R
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1976* Publisher: James Pike Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers showing a graveyard. Staple bound booklet. Some rubbing & shelf wear to lower front and label wear to back. Light creases to spine. Staples rusty. GD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning, rust marks from staples to...
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A$9.59
Geistergeschichten
by Martha De Haas [ed.]; Wilhelm Hauff; Maurice Hewlett et al
Zurich: Rascher & Cie, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 10" by 8". Arthur Rackham. A limited edition collection of German language ghost stories, illustrated with colour plate by Arthur Rackham. A German language work, printed in blackletter.A limited edition work, this copy is number 697 of 1,000 copies produced.Illustrated with seven tipped in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, synonymous with the Golden Age of Book Illustration.Collated, complete.A wonderful collection of unsettling...
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A$300.42A$270.38
DISSONANT INTERVALS.
by MARVICK, Louis
Newcastle Upon Tyne: Side Real Press, 2016. First Edition (& 1st printing). Large octavo, original pictorial boards protected with a heavy see-through mylar dust jacket, the titles imprinted on the jacket in silver. [320] pp. decorated with a wrap-around design by Eli John. 325 pp. 300 numbered copies printed, of which this is number 292. A fine copy in the printed mylar dust jacket, as issued. ¶ The stories draw a clear inspiration from M. R. James, and the fin de siècle French literature and other...
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A$116.21
The Moon of Much Gladness
by Ernest Bramah
London : Cassell and Company, 1932. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5" . none . An intriguing fantasy novel written by Ernest Bramah and featuring his mysterious narrator Kai Lung. The Moon of Much Gladness is a fantasy novel by English writer Ernest Bramah. The narrator of the story is the fictional character Kai Lung who is a Chinese storyteller. This novel differs from other Kai Lung stories as it is a full novel rather than a series of short stories. This is the first British edition as it is...
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A$77.53
The Woman in Black and Other Ghost Stories
by Susan Hill
London: Profile Books, 2015 . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9" by 5.5". None. A signed copy of Susan Hill's popular novel, The Woman in Black, alongside a collection of her ghost stories. The first thus of Susan Hill's 'The Woman in Black' to be published alongside her other ghost stories.Bound in the publisher's original cloth with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Flat signed by the author to the title page. Written by English author Susan Hill, who is best known for her ghost stories and crime novels, with...
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A$678.37A$610.53
Remember Your Grammar and Other Haunted Stories
by Simon Raven
Bicary: The Winged Lion, 1997. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A smart copy of this collection of haunting stories from English author Simon Raven, first collected and published in this edition. First edition. Scarce work. A collection of eleven chilling and gruesome stories, as disturbing as they are entertaining. Titles include: The Team Photograph, The Bottle of 1912, The Caddy, Fair Rosamund, The Spirit of Cricket to Come, and more. Written by Simon Raven, an...
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A$170.56
The Shrine of Death
by Lady Dilke
London: George Routledge, 1886. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. A very scarce, first edition copy of Lady Emilia Dilke's anthology of strange and weird tales, 'The Shrine of Death'. A scarce first trade edition of this work, in the publisher's original cloth.In the same year, a limited edition of 150 copies were issued in large paper. Prior owner's inscription to the front pastedown. Comprising nine tales total, 'The Shrine of Death', 'The Silver Cage', 'The PHysician's...
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A$2,665.02A$2,398.52
The Golden Porch A Book of Greek Fairy Tales
by W. M. L. Hutchinson
London : Longmans, Green and Co. , 1925. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Dugald Stewart Walker. A lovely new illustrated edition of this collection of Greek Fairy Tales, with a colour frontispiece. A New Edition with illustrations of The Golden Porch A Book of Greek Fairy Tales by W. M. L. Hutchinson. This volume of Greek Fairy Tales contains nine tales, including The Builders of Troy, The First Horse and The Favourite of the Gods. With illustrations by Dugald Stewart Walker, with a...
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A$135.67
A Haunted House and Other Short Stories
by Virginia Woolf
London: The Hogarth Press, 1943. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories by noted Bloomsbury author, Virginia Woolf. The first edition of the work. Lacking the original Vanessa Bell dust wrapper. The Haunted House and Other Stories is a collection of eighteen short stories produced by Woolf's husband Leonard, following her death, with the first six stories included in her previous collection of short stories entitled...
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A$116.29
The Night Watch, The Little Stranger, The Paying Guests
by Sarah Waters
London: Virago, 2006-2014. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 6". Not Stated. The first edition of three twentieth century set novels from Award Winning writer Sarah Waters, each in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of three novels from Welsh writer Sarah Waters, best known for her novels set in Victorian society, and for the works 'Tipping the Velvet' and 'The Fingersmith'.Each in their original price unclipped dust wrapper, present here are 'The Night...
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A$164.75
The Nonpareil Victoria Ingoldsby
by Richard Harris Barnham
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1869. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". None. A pocket edition of the Ingoldsby Legends by R. H. Barham. Second edition. WIth one engraved plate. Including tipped-in newspaper clipping about Tappington Hall to front pastedown. In a half-morocco binding with marbled boards. Externally, generally smart, though a little rubbed. Internally, generally firmly bound, though slightly strained in places. Pages are age-toned, with some patches of foxing in places. Very Good
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A$67.82
The Monk: A Romance
by Matthew Gregory Lewis
London: Benjamin Franklin, 1837. Cloth. Very Good. 5" by 3". None. A neatly illustrated edition of this Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis. Scarce edition. First published in 1796. With six folding plates including the frontispiece. Title page states seven plates, but the work is vanishingly scarce so collation unavailable. The work is presented in the publisher's cloth, with no evidence of plate removal. Following the corruption and downfall of the monk Ambrosio, this work is a prime...
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A$2,907.30A$2,616.57
THE GHOSTS OF TIDEWATER . .. and Nearby Environs
by Taylor, L. B
L. B. Taylor Jr.. Near Fine. 1990. Softcover. Inscribed and signed by author on endpaper: "May all your Spirits Be Friendly! L. B. Taylor". Folded brochure from the author laid in. Bit of edgewear to the covers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 220 pages; Signed by Author .
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A$27.89
