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London: Nichols & Co. / Tutin, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 344pp + 29pp. Original brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine and gilt rules to upper board. Two titles in one volume each with its own title page. Published anonymously, both appear to have been written by British poet..... More
London: Citizen T. G. Ballard, 1795. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Pamphlet. 8pp. (inclusive of wrappers). A popular - if gruesome - political satire with added satirical ghost story. The radical work known as "Pitt's Death" was first published in the London paper "The Telegraph" on 20th, 21st, and 24th of..... More
London: The Author, Privately printed, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Booklet. viii + 30pp + iipp b&w plates. Original stapled wrappers, lettered and bordered in red. B/w frontispiece & several b/w plates, appendices. An investigation into "the Bromley poltergeist" by Manfred Cassirer (1920 – 2003) a British Egyptologist, parapsychologist and author..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 260pp. [ ii pp ]. Blue cloth spine lettered in gilt, white papered boards. B/w plates. The first edition of the story of one of America’s most terrifying true haunting’s which took place from 1974 to 1987..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 286pp. Dark green cloth lettered in gilt on spine. The British character actor (known for many years as "The Man in Black", the narrator of the BBC Radio horror series Appointment with Fear and for appearances on the Goon Show) undertakes a Fortean..... More
North Yorkshire, UK: Dalesman Books, 1976. Reprint. Softcover. Slim octavo. 80pp. B/w illustrations. An entertaining collection of ghostly and supernatural folk-lore from Lancashire. Wrappers lightly rubbed, hint of foxing to top-edge, small erasure spot on front free endpaper, else a tight, clean VG copy. More
London: Griffith & Farrar, 1882. First edition. Softcover. Small octavo. (ii) 88pp. (+ 2pp. adverts.) Original pictorial wrappers. Adverts on inside covers, front and rear. A supposedly true ghost story with a truly mysterious twist. In September 1861 Charles Dickens published a supposedly true tale of a ghostly encounter, entitled..... More
New York: Reader's Digest, 1988. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Small octavo. Cloth covered card covers with printed paper title label on upper cover. The front free endpaper acts as a title-page, with the excised Reader's Digest page-header, logo and main headline for the article pasted in. A 4-page essay extracted..... More
Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 222pp. Black cloth lettered in silver on spine. B/w illustrations. The author examines a number of well known tales of the bizarre and paranormal, from the "Amityville Horror" through psychic detectives and Jack the Ripper, to the the curse of the..... More
Edinburgh, London: Oliver & Boyd and Geo. B. Whittaker, 1825. Second, enlarged. Hardcover. Small 8vo. xii + 475 pp. Contemporary decorated half calf with marbled boards, gilt titling to spine label, raised bands and elaborate gilt decoration to spine, speckled page edges, folding table, vignettes, notes. The second, enlarged edition..... More
New York: Dorset Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 210pp. Purple cloth spine lettered in silver, cream papered boards with silver design on front board. Hans Holzer (1920 – 2009) was an Austrian born American paranormal researcher and author, who wrote more than 120 books on supernatural and occult subjects..... More
London: Rider, ND [ 1932 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 144pp. Green cloth lettered in black on spine. A series of automatic writings received by written down by Isabelle Major Evans, a South African medium, in 1930. They purport to be communications from one Benjamin Kennicott (1718 - 1793)..... More
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii + 302pp. (+ 32pp. publisher's catalogue at rear). Blue decorative cloth with gilt title & black design on spine, art nouveau illustration in black & grey on upper board. B/w vignette on title-page. Top-edge-gilt. A beautiful copy of this..... More
Stroud, England: Tempus, 2004. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 96pp. B/w illustrations. A modern collection of newspaper reports and first-hand accounts of hauntings in Bristol, England. A sharp, clean near-Fine copy. More
NP [ England ]: Privately printed, ND [ circa 1925 ]. Softcover. Booklet. 32pp. Printed stapled wrappers. "The following Story was printed in the 'St. Andrews Citizen' in 1925." The true story of the haunting of a square tower in "the great Abbey Wall" of Hepburn, Scotland. Wrappers rubbed, creased..... More
New York: Broadway Books [ Random House ], 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xiv +270pp + i page author bio. Two toned papered boards (red spine over taupe boards), gilt titling to spine, headbands,b&w illustrations and photos. Stated first edition. From the publisher's comments: "For Jennifer Boylan, creaking stairs..... More
Dundee: Malcolm C. McLeod, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 272pp. Original brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine. B/w frontis. & plates. A historical account of Dundee, Scotland which includes some reference to ghosts - though by the author's admission, the use of the term "Haunted" in the title refers..... More
New York: Taplinger, 1970. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 192pp. Yellow cloth lettered in black on spine. B/w frontis. The author recounts her time accompanying clairvoyant Tom Corbett on a round of visits to eleven English country houses, each purported to be haunted. Edges of boards slightly darkened, top-edge foxed..... More
London: Daniel O'Connor, 1921. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 396pp. Medium blue cloth with gilt titling to spine, blind borders on upper cover, illustrated endpapers. In his Introduction Ernest Percival Rhys (1859 –1946) the Anglo-Welsh writer who was founding editor of the Everyman's Library series, indicates that this "remarkable batch..... More
Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Wharncliffe Books, 2000. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 112pp. B/w illustrations & map. The author becomes a believer whilst researching local lore and legend concerning ghosts in Oxfordshire. A tight, clean near-Fine copy. More
Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1970. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 192pp. Pale gray cloth with black titling to spine, b&w illustrations, bibliography. A sequel to "Prominent American Ghosts" - this book presents "fifteen .... eye witness tales of ghost who've haunted some of the nation's 'best' homes." (from..... More
Italy: Hypnos, 2012. Edizioni Hypnos. Softcover. Octavo. 408pp. ITALIAN text. Red wrappers titled in black block letters on the front cover and spine, frontisportrait in b&w front and rear. From the personal archive of contributor David Tibet, with "Archive Copy" in his handwriting and SIGNED by him on the reverse..... More
London: Batsford-Heritage, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Slim octavo. 46pp, illustrations. Fictional adventure aimed at children, but with real British National Trust old houses featured as the settings. Faint discoloration to wrappers, small bump to top of spine, otherwise a solid VG copy. More
London: Athenaeum Press, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 316pp, frontis, b/w illustrations. Blue cloth w/ white title, etc, to spine. An early biography of Harry Price (1881 - 1948), one of the pre-eminent British ghost-hunters and Psychical researchers of his generation. A bit of rubbing and bruising to..... More
New York: Bell Publishing, 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. Small octavo. 160pp. Original yellow cloth lettered in black on spine. One of the "for the millions" series of books on occult subjects, this is a popular survey of famous tales of ghosts, poltergeists and other apparitions. Cloth a little darkened, page-edges lightly..... More
