Results for: Horror
Wishmaster and Other Stories.
Atkins, Peter.
Nottingham: Pumpkin Books, 1999.
Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has minor wear along edges and slight scuffing to covers. Signed by author on title page. 255 pages. A collection of horror stories.
Price: $15.00
Ghostly Terrors.
Cohen, Daniel.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1981..
Second printing. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Dj has wear and rubbing along the edges with light scuffing to the covers. 126 pages with illustrations and index. A collection of thirteen "true" tales of hauntings and ghosts.
Price: $18.00
The Ghosts About Us.
Burke, Clara.
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1969..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Some light wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. The dj has light wear along the edges with some scuffing to the covers. 42 pages with illustrations. This book examines the experiences of the author and others communicating with dead friends and relatives.
Price: $20.00
The Realm of Ghosts.
Maple, Eric.
New York: A. S, Barnes & Company, Inc., 1964..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in good dust jacket. Some wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine and the corners of the panels. The dj also has wear and rubbing along the edges with some small tears and minor chipping with browning and scuffing to the covers. Page edges are slightly browned. 205 pages with glossary, illustrations, bibliography, and index. An examination of ghost lore and history.
Price: $20.00
A Ghost Hunter's Game Book.
Day, James Wentworth.
London: Frederick Muller, 1970..
Reprinting of 1958 edition. Good to fair octavo hardcover in blue binding without dust jacket. Wear and rubbing along the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine and on the corners of the panels and along the edges. Slight bowing of the boards and roll to the spine. Some scuffing and minor spotting on the panels. Pages are lightly browned. 222 pages. A collection of ghostly legends mainly from Britain.
Price: $20.00
The Ghost in the Mirror and Other Ghost Stories.
Squires, Patricia.
London: Frederick Muller, 1972..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Some wear and light rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. The dj has wear and rubbing along the edges with some minor scuffing and scratching to the covers. Page edges and edges of the dj are lightly browned. 180 pages. The stories in this collection are: 1. the ghost in the mirror, 2. when time stood still, 3. a debt to the dead, 4. the poacher, 5. the value of time, 6. the reunion, 7. strains of polka, 8. the stockman's visitor, 9. the clock.
Price: $20.00
A Nasty Piece of Work and Other Ghost Stories.
Salway, Lance. Illustrated by Jeremy Ford.
New York: Clarion Books (Ticknor & Fields/Houghton Mifflin Company), 1985..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing along the edges with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Dj has some wear and rubbing with small tears on the lower edge of the front cover. Dj also has some light scuffing to the covers. Page edges are lightly browned. 128 pages with illustrations. A collection of stories for younger readers about ghosts and hauntings. The stories are: 1. Such a Sweet Little Girl, 2. Mother's Little Helper, 3. Silver and Son, 4. Pretty Penny, 5. Lost in France, 6. Squeal, Piggy, Squeal, 7. A Nasty Piece of Work.
Price: $20.00
More Ghosts in Irish Houses.
Reynolds, James.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956..
First edition. Very good quarto (oversized) hardcover in good to fair dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Dj has light wear and rubbing along the edges with small tears along the edges of the covers and some light scuffing and browning. Back cover of dj has large tears/rubbed off pieces on the lower third of the dj. Page edges are lightly browned. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page to the previous owner. 276 pages with illustrations. A collection of ghost and haunting legends and folklore in Ireland. This is the follow up work by the author to his previous book on Irish ghosts and hauntings.
Price: $20.00
The Ghosts of Rowan Oak: William Faulkner's Ghost Stories for Children.
Faulkner, William. Recounted by Dean Faulkner Wells.
Oxford, Mississippi: Yoknapatawpha Press, 1980.
Very good octavo hardcover in good dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has light wear and rubbing along edges with a few minor tears and some light scuffing to covers. 63 pages with illustrations. A collection of ghost tales William Faulkner told to his neice and daughter.
Price: $20.00
In Search of Ghosts.
Cohen, Daniel.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1972..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Some light wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. The dj has light wear along the edges with some scuffing to the covers. 182 pages with illustrations, selected bibliography, and index. A brief history of matters occult like haunted houses, poltergeists, and seances.
Price: $25.00
Visits from Beyond the Grave.
Zwarycz, Joyce.
Ilfracombe, Devon: Arthur H. Stockwell, 1975..
First edition. Very good softcover in grey illustrated wrapper. Light wear along the edges of the covers with some minor scuffing to the covers with slight nick to the lower edge of the front cover. Light browning to edges of the covers. Clean, unmarked text with tight binding. 166 pages with a few illustrations. A collection of accounts on visits from the other side, much set in the UK. .
Price: $25.00
Los Fantasmas Existen Casos Documentados de Apariciones.
Feslikenian, Franca.
Barcelona, 1971..
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing along the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Dj has some wear and rubbing along the edges with a few minor tears and some light scuffing and browning to the covers. 214 pages with illustrations. A work on spririts and ghosts in Spanish.
Price: $25.00
Shadow Forms : A Collection of Occult Stories.
Hall, Manly P.
Los Angeles: The Hall Publishing Co., 1925..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in decorated yellow-gold binding (Chinese Dragon) without dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine and lighter bumping to the corners of the panels. Some browning and soiling to the covers, mainly along the spine with light scuffing and minor scratching. Page edges are lightly browned and have some slight foxing developing. Title page is just starting to loosen along its lower edge but still firmly attached. Frontispiece by Homer Conant. 165 pages. The stories are: 1. Black Hat Sorcery, 2. The Witch Doctor, 3. The Teapot of Mandarin Wong, 4. Silver Souls, 5. The Third Eye, 6. The Spirit of the Snows, 7. The Lota of the Great God Shiva, 8. The Temple of Sin, 9. The Dance of Veils, 10. The Emerald Tablet, 11. Your God and My God, 12. The Cave of the Apes.
Price: $25.00
Overnaturligt.
Ohlmarks, Ake. Illustrated by Hans Arnold.
Stockholm: 1970..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in good dust jacket. Wear and rubbing along the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine and on the corners of the panels. Dj has wear and rubbing along the edges with some minor tears and light scuffing to the covers. 250 pages with illustrations. A collection of Swedish ghost stories in Swedish.
Price: $25.00
The Wandering Spirits.
Greenberg, Emily.
New York: Vantage Press, 1965..
First edition. Good octavo hardcover in green binding with good dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine and lighter bumping to the corners of the panels. Dj has wear and rubbing along the edges with some scuffing to the covers and fading along the edges and many small tears mainly on the upper edge of the cover. Light browning of the pages. 189 pages. A novel based on roughly 39 "true" ghost tales.
Price: $25.00
The House of the Nightmare & Other Eerie Tales.
Lines, Kathleen, editor.
London: Bodley Head, 1967..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in purple binding with very good dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Dj has light wear and rubbing along the edges with some light scuffing to the covers and fading along the edges. Light browning to page edges. 208 pages. A collection of ghost stories and literature and some accounts of encounters with the supernatural.
Price: $25.00
Ghost Stories from the American South.
McNeil, W. K., editor.
Little Rock: August House, 1985..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in dark blue binding with very good dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine and lighter bumping to the corners of the panels. Dj has light wear and rubbing along the edges with some light scuffing to the covers. Back flap of dj is creased. 170 pages with illustrations, endnotes, 2 appendices (1. Southern Folklore Archives, 2. Directories), and index of Southern Locales. An interesting collection of Southern folklore including tales of haunted places, headless ghosts, ghosts and hidden treasure, witches, and other topics.
Price: $25.00
Uncanny Stories.
Sinclair, May.
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1923.
Good octavo hardcover in red cloth binding without dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine. Some scuffing to covers. Page edges are browned. Weak hinge with crack between front endpapers. Also cracks between pages 120-121 and 232-233. 362 pages with illustrations. Includes the following stories: 1. Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched, 2. The Token, 3. The Flaw in the Crystal, 4. The Nature of the Evidence, 5. If the Dead Knew, 6. The Victim, 7. The Finding of the Absolute.
Price: $25.00
Weird Tales by Irish Writers.
London: J. M. Dent & Co., No date.
Fair 24mo hardcover in green cloth binding without dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and corners of covers. Some scuffing to covers with browning along spine. Crack in binding between pages 96-97 where webbing is visible and a few other minor cracks in binding. Page edges are browned. 256 pages. The tales are: 1. The Lots upon the Raft, 2. A Night in a Haunted House, 3. The Burial of O'Grady, 4. The Lianhan Shee, 5. The Mountain Pass, 6. The Banshee, 7. Legends of the Banshee, 8. The Faction Fights, 9. The Drunkard's Dream, 10. A Terrible Night, 11. A Realized Dream.
Price: $25.00
Weird Tales by English Writers.
London: J. M. Dent & Co., No date.
Fair 24mo hardcover in green cloth binding without dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and corners of covers. Slight roll to spine. Some scuffing to covers with browning along spine. Page edges are browned. Title page is coming loose but still attached on upper one-third of binding. 256 pages. Tales in this work are: 1. The Pythagorean (Harrison), 2. The Old Man's Tale about the Queer Client (Dickens), 3. In Defence of His Right (Defoe), 4. Sixteen Days of Death , 5. Adventure in a Forest (Smollett), 6. Cader Idris: The Chair of Idris (Harwood), 7. A Skeleton in the House (Yates), 8. A Night with a Madman, 9. The Poisoned Mind, 10. A Dire Prediction, 11. The Postponed Wedding, 12. Haunted House of Paddington (Ollier).
Price: $25.00
Lost Boy, Lost Girl.
Straub, Peter.
Grantham: Borderlands Press, 2004..
Limited edition. Very good octavo hardcover in good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has minor wear along edges and some scuffing to covers. Two inch, deep scratch on back cover of dj. Tipped in is a tan page signed by Peter Straub and indicating this work is a limited edition but the number line is blank. The upper corner of the white page is creased. Some small, light blue marks on edges of pages. 267 pages.
Price: $30.00
Goat Dance.
Clegg, Douglas.
Ringgold: VOX13, 2002..
Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has light wear along edges and some minor scuffing to covers. A coupe pages have creased corners. 441 pages.
Price: $30.00
The Screaming Ghost and Other Stories.
Carmer, Carl. Illustrated by Irv Docktor.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in illustrated boards without dust jacket. Light wear and running to edges of boards with some minor scuffing to covers. Light bumping to head and heel of spine and also slight bumping on corners of back panel. Signed by author on front free endpaper. 146 pages with illustrations. A collection of ghost stories and legends for younger readers.
Price: $35.00
The Ghost Book: Sixteen New Stories of the Uncanny.
Lady Cynthia Asquith, editor.
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date found., [ 1926 ].
Possible first edition. Fair octavo hardcover in blue binding with green stamped design on cover without dust jacket. Wear and rubbing along the edges of the boards with heavy bumping to the head and heel of the spine and on the corners of the panels. A bit of scuffing and light soiling to the covers. Light browning to page edges. 318 pages. The stories are: 1. The Villa Desiree by May Sinclair, 2. Chemical by Algernon Blackwood, 3. The Duenna by Belloc Lowndes, 4. A Visitor from Down Under by L. P. Hartley, 5. The Lost Tragedy by Denis Mackail, 6. Spinsters' Rest by Clemence Dane, 7. Mrs. Lunt by Hugh Walple, 8. Munitions of War by Arthur Machen, 9. The Rocking-Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence, 10. "A Recluse" by Walter De la Mare, 11. The Corner Shop by C. L. Ray, 12. Two Trifles by Oliver Onions, 13. Twelve O'Clock by Charles Whibley, 14. The Amorous Ghost by Enid Bagnold, 15. Mr. Tallent's Ghost by Mary Webb, 16. Pargiton and Harby by Desmond MacCarthy.
Price: $35.00
Ghosts, Witches-and Murder.
Archer, Fred.
London: W. H. Allen, 1972..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in good dust jacket. Wear and rubbing along the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine and on the upper corner of the back cover. Dj has wear and rubbing along the edges with some small tears on the edges of the covers along with moderate scuffing and light browning to the edges. 202 pages. A collection of legends and accounts of ghosts and witches with bad intentions.
Price: $35.00
The Tenth Ghost Book.
Chambers, Aidan, editor.
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1974..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing along the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Dj has wear and rubbing along the edges with some scuffing to the covers. Dj has light crease on the spine. Page and dj edges are lightly browned. 252 pages. A collection of ghost tales by the likes of Joan Aiken, L. P. Davies, Barry Sutton, Albert Rowe, and John Burke. The stories are: 1. Recoil, 2. An Evening at the Cromers', 3. The Fort, 4. End Game, 5. The Tale of Caseley Halt, 6. Soldier From the Wars Returning, 7. The Coloured Transmission, 8. Mystery Man, 9. A Jealous Ghost, 10. Furry Night, 11. The Lady of Long Lawns, 12. Leave of Absence, 13. The Case of Dr. A. D. Hunter, 14. Rest in Peace, 15. Private Meadows, 16. Little Girl Lost.
Price: $35.00
The Ninth Ghost Book.
Timperley, Rosemary, editor.
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1973..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing along the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Dj has wear and rubbing along the edges with some scuffing to the covers. Dj has crease on the spine. Page and dj edges are lightly browned. 284 pages. A collection of ghost tales by the likes of Giles Gordon, L. P. Hartley, James Turner, Kit Pedler, and John Moat. The stories are: 1. Who Were You with Last Night, 2. The White Citroen, 3. White Caucasian Male, 4. When the Music's Over, Turn Out the Lights, 5. The Violet Lady, 6. The Stain on the Chair, 7. The Spirit Was Willing, 8. Sister Varden, 9. One For My Baby, 10. Love Me, Love My Car, 11. Jarvey's Kingdoms, 12. George and Alice and Isabel, 13. False Harmonic, 14. Crampton Manor, 15. Chope's Retreat, 16. Brig-o-Dread.
Price: $40.00
The Obstinate Ghost and Other Ghostly Tales.
Palmer, Geoffrey, and Noel Lloyd. Illustrated by Rowel Friers.
London: Odhams Books, 1968..
First edition. Good octavo hardcover in good dust jacket. Wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine and the panels are slightly bowed. Dj has wear and rubbing along the edges with many tiny tears on the head and heel of the spine, some browning along the edges of the covers, and some scuffing to the covers. Page edges are lightly browned. Signed by both authors in blue ink on the title page. 144 pages with illustrations. A collection of 11 ghost tales which are: 1. Huw, 2. The Headless Horseman, 3. The Ghost of Smeaton Hall, 4. Billy Bates's Story, 5. The Staircase, 6. The Ghost in the Barrel, 7. First Peformance, 8. The Obstinate Ghost, 9. The Message, 10. Ghost at Hallowe'en, 11. The Ghost of Rosewarne.
Price: $40.00
Ghost in a Four-Room Apartment.
Raskin, Ellen. Illustrated by the author.
New York: Atheneum, 1969..
DJ has slight wear to edges, and a small tear at back. Some scuffing to lower back of dj as well. A fresh, very attractive copy of a work by this Newbery winning author. Uncommon in this condition.
Price: $45.00
A Bundle of Nerves : Stories of Horror, Suspense, and Fantasy.
Aiken, Joan.
London: Victor Gallancz, 1976..
Light wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Dj has light wear and rubbing along the edges with some light scuffing and browning to the covers. Page edges are lightly browned. Impressions from a staple on the last few pages. 220 pages. A collection of horror stories for young adult readers. The stories are: 1. Cricket, 2. The Man Who Had Seen the Rope Trick, 3. Do You Dig Grieg, 4. Belle of the Ball, 5. Five Green Moons, 6. Smell, 7. Furry Night, 8. As Gay as Cheese, 9. Sultan's Splash. 10. A Set for Every Sheep, 11. Marmalade Wine, 12. Our Feathered Friends, 13. Postman's Knock, 14. The Cold Flame, 15. Lodging for the Night, 16. Safe and Soundproof, 17. Sonata for Harp and Bicycle, 18. Searching for Summer, 19. Dead Language Master.
Price: $60.00
