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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. PAPERBACK; 987654321pt line. VERY GOOD CONDITION, CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT.; Orange & green titles on green countryside paper cover. ; 367pg pages; crime fiction collection that displays the Irish gift for storytelling.

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MAMMOTH BOOK OF 20TH CENTURY GHOST STORIES STORIES.
HAINING, PETER (EDITOR) .INCLUDES.WODEHOUSE, P.G.; STEINBECK, JOHN; RENDELL, RUTH; SPARK, MURIEL; JAMES, HENRY; BLACKWOOD, ALGERNON.LONDON, JACK. .OTHERS
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. FIRST EDITION THUS 4p; 10987654pt line. VERY GOOD CONDITION, CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT.; BLACK & WHITE "GHOSTLY" titles on b&w cover showing white "child" ghost near stone wall. paper cover. ; 482pg pages; GHOSTLY fiction collection that displays the 20th centuries gift for storytelling.…

IRISH TALES OF TERROR
Haining, Peter (editor) (Sinead de Valera; James Joyce; Lord Dunsany; William Hope Hodgson; Giraldus Cambrensis; Daniel Defoe; Charles Robert Maturin; T. Crofton Croker; Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu; Lady Wilde; Oscar Wilde; Charlotte Riddell)
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Later Printing. Glossy black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Very light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Dj art by Hector Garrido. This anthology contains: Introduction by Ray Bradbury; The Fairies Revenge by Sinead de Valera; Hell Fire by James Joyce; Witch Wood by Lord Dunsany; The House Among The Laurels by William Hope Hodgson; The Man Wolf by Giraldus Cambrensis; 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 Fin 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 by A. E. Coppard; The Dead Smile by Francis Marion Crawford; The Coonian Ghost by Shane Leslie; The Haunted Spinney by Elliot O'Donnell; The Moon Bog by H. P. Lovecraft; and A Wild Night In Galway by Ray Bradbury. Size: 8vo. Hector Garrido; (illustrateur). Book.…

MURDER ON THE MENU
Haining, Peter (editor) (Georges Simenon; Rex Stout; Roald Dahl; Agatha Christie; Stanley Ellin; Ruth Rendell; Paul Gallico; Damon Runyon; Patricia Highsmith; P. D. James; August Derleth; Robert Bloch; Roger Zelazny; Nicholas Blake)
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Book Club Edition. 415 pp. Quarter-bound in black on black boards; lettered in gilt on the spine. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with some rubbing on the lower left of the front panel; no interior markings. Dj art by Wilma Ervin. This anthology contains: Under the Hammer by Georges Simenon; Poison a la Carte by Rex Stout; Lambs to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl; Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds by Agatha Christie; The Specialty of the House by Stanley Ellin; Bribery and Corruption by Ruth Rendell; Chef d'Oeuvre by Paul Gallico; La Specialite de M Duclos by Oliver La Farge; Three or Four for Dinner by L. P. Hartley; A Terrible Tale by Gaston Leroux; So You Won't Talk by Damon Runyon; Sauce for the Goose by Patricia Highsmith; A Very Commonplace Murder by P. D. James; A Dinner at Imola by August Derleth; The Feast in the Abbey by Robert Bloch; The Three Low Masses by Alphonse Daudet; The Coffin-Maker by Alexander Pushkin; Guests from Gibbet Island by Washington Irving; The Compleat Housewife by Richard Dehan; The Case of Mr Lucraft by Walter Besant and James Rice; The Man who Couldn't Taste Pepper by G. B. Stern; Final Dining by Roger Zelazny; The Long Dinner by H. C. Bailey; The Assassins' Club by Nicholas Blake; Dinner for Two by Roy Vickers; A Case for Gourmets by Michael Gilbert; and Rum for Dinner by Lawrence G. Blochman. Size: 8vo. Wilma Ervin; (illustrateur). Book. …

MURDER ON THE MENU
Haining, Peter (editor) (Stanley Ellin; Ruth Rendell; Paul Gallico; Damon Runyon; Patricia Highsmith; P. D. James; August Derleth; Robert Bloch; Roger Zelazny; Agatha Christie; Nicholas Blake; Georges Simenon; Rex Stout; Roald Dahl)
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First American Edition. 415 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; previous owner's name inked out on the front free endpaper. This anthology contains: The Specialty of the House by Stanley Ellin; Bribery and Corruption by Ruth Rendell; Chef d'Oeuvre by Paul Gallico; La Specialite de M Duclos by Oliver La Farge; Three or Four for Dinner by L. P. Hartley; A Terrible Tale by Gaston Leroux; So You Won't Talk by Damon Runyon; Sauce for the Goose by Patricia Highsmith; A Very Commonplace Murder by P. D. James; A Dinner at Imola by August Derleth; The Feast in the Abbey by Robert Bloch; The Three Low Masses by Alphonse Daudet; The Coffin-Maker by Alexander Pushkin; Guests from Gibbet Island by Washington Irving; The Compleat Housewife by Richard Dehan; The Case of Mr Lucraft by Walter Besant and James Rice; The Man who Couldn't Taste Pepper by G. B. Stern; Final Dining by Roger Zelazny; Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds by Agatha Christie; The Long Dinner by H. C. Bailey; The Assassins' Club by Nicholas Blake; Dinner for Two by Roy Vickers; A Case for Gourmets by Michael Gilbert; Rum for Dinner by Lawrence G. Blochman; Under the Hammer by Georges Simenon; Poison a la Carte by Rex Stout; and Lambs to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl. Size: 8vo. Wilma Ervin; (illustrateur). Book.…
Autres imagesTHE WILD NIGHT COMPANY, IRISH TALES OF TERROR
Haining, Peter. (editor); (RAY BRADBURY intro.) Sinead de Valera; James Joyce; Lord Dunsany; William Hope Hodgson; Giraldus Cambrensis; Daniel Defoe; Charles Robert Maturin; T. Crofton Croker; Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu; Lady Wilde; Oscar Wilde;
Edité par Sphere Books Limited., Great Britain, United Kingdom, 1971
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Ajouter au panierSoft cover. Etat : FAIR, Reading Copy. First Edition By This Publisher. 317 pages. "This anthology contains: The Fairies Revenge by Sinead de Valera; Hell Fire by James Joyce; Witch Wood by Lord Dunsany; The House Among the Laurels by William Hope Hodgson; The Man Wolf by Giraldus Cambrensis; 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 Fin 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 by A. E. Coppard; The Dead Smile by Francis Marion Crawford; The Coonian Ghost by Shane Leslie; The Haunted Spinney by Elliot O'Donnell; The Moon Bog by H. P. Lovecraft; and A Wild Night in Galway by Ray Bradbury." >>This is a reading copy. Heavy cover creasing; pen to interior backcover & last pages; store stamp to interior front cover & front end page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Painted Front Cover. (illustrateur). Book.…

Midnight People
Montague Summers; Manly Wade Wellman; P. Schuyler Miller; Richard Matheson; Ray Bradbury; Basil Copper; Robert Bloch; Fritz Leiber; Augustus John Cuthbert Hare; John William Polidori; Thomas Preskett Priest; Bram Stoker; M.R. James; August Derleth
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Soft cover. Etat : Collectible - Good. 1st Edition. 1968 - Paperback. Book is in good condition. Book has wear on edges, creases on cover, sunning to spine and cover edges, slight curve to cover, chips on spine edge. MD SKU-6985045.

The Ghost Finders (Ghost Hunt; Wailing Well; Banshee & Patrick O'Bannon; Kelpie; Miss Cornelius; Ghost of a Head; Phantom Coach; Till Doomsday; Pikeman; Story of Ming-Y; Visitor from Down Under; Screaming Woman; Indian Spirit Guide)
Haining, Peter (ed) (jacket art by Terry Oakes) (H.R. Wakefield; M.R. James; Joseph Bishop; Manly Wade Wellman; W.F. Harvey; Elizabeth Wetmore; Amelia B. Edwards; Richard Sale; August Derleth; Lafcadio Hearn; L.P. Hartley; Ray Bradbury; Robert Bloch
Langue : anglais
Edité par London: Victor Gollancz 1978 First Edition cr.8vo 192pp ISBN 0-575-02553-0, London, 1978
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. Ex-Library, GD+ original blue cloth, light shelfwear, remains of labels to end-papers, stamps to copyright page, otherwise reasonably clean throughout, in VG protected DW. Wrap-around jacket art by Terry Oakes.

Great Irish Stories of the Supernatural
A. E. Coppard Stephens; James Dunsany; Lavin Elzabeth; Mary; Bram Stoker; W. B. Yeats; J. M. Synge; James Joyce
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Edité par The Greenfield Review, Greenfield Center, New York, 1971
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Ajouter au panierSoftcover. Etat : Fine. First edition. Stapled gray wrappers. 47pp. Fine. Four poems by Paul Neruda translated by James Wright and Robert Bly. Some poems by Vincente Huidobro translated by William Witherup and Serge Echeverria. Publisher's letter and subscription card laid in. Other contributors are Greg Kuzma, Ron Welburn, Dave Kelly, James Haining, Stuart Peterfreund, Peter Klappert, Sam Periera, G.S. Sharat Chandra, David Ray, Robert Bly, Dan Gerber, Peter Wild, Clarence Major, Stephan Taugher, William Witherup, Orville Hayden, Pat Garvey, James Tipton, D.V. Smith, and Peter Cooley.…
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. New York, Stein and Day, 1982 (stated 1st US edition); 190 x 240 mm, 128 pp. Hard Cover, some edge and corner wear, a few marks on the cover, but contents Fine with no names, stamps, labels or annotations.

El festín de los asesinos
Georges Simenon, Patricia Highsmith, P.D. James, Ruth Rendell, Agatha Christie y otros
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Encuadernación de tapa dura. Etat : Bien. Etat de la jaquette : Bien. L313. Grijalbo - 511pp Los platos más sofisticados para los lectores más exigentes In.

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Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Maize hard cover with black cloth spine wrap and gilt lettering to the spine. This copy is FINE in a VERY GOOD + , unclipped ($17.95) DJ . Exterior is rich. Gilt is bright. Edges are sharp. Inside is unmarked, crisp, and tight. Illustrated. DJ has modest rubbing; minimal edge wear. Lovely. …
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($17.95 price intact). Published by Stein and Day, 1982. Quarto. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good. An excellent copy of this illustrated collection of ghost writings. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…
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Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Good Plus. 1st Edition. STATED FIRST American Edition and Printing. A FINE or Better volume, clean, tight with NO markings. This is the first collection of M.R. James (originally issued in 1979 in UK.) ghost stories. He was a medievalist and scholar (b, 1862/ d,1936) and wrote 'antiquarian ghost stories'. Filled with b/w line drawings from Peter Haining's personal library. Original price intact on front flap of Dust Jacket. A Good + Dust Jacket due to rubbed flap folds and the jacket extremities having several small chips and creases. Duplicate superficial lines' (rubbed areas) to front and rear jacket panels. (See photo). Spine crown paper lacking 1/8". Mylar protected jacket. …

M R James Book of the Supernatural
M R James ; Peter Haining (Editor) ; Sir John Betjeman (Introduction)
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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good+. The Ghost's Companion: Stories of Personal Encounters with the Supernatural by Peter Haining A firm square copy. Very minor wear to corners. Price-clipped. A bright pictorial jacket. Very minor wear to edges. Title page dated 1975. Black boards with silver lettering. "Each of the fifteen stories is based on its author's personal experience of the supernatural and is introduced with details of that ghostly confrontation", jacket. Authors include: M.R. James, H.R. Wakefield, O. Henry, Algernon Blackwood, and more. Peter Haining(Editor) (illustrateur). BOOK.…
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Ajouter au panierHard Cover. Etat : Fine. Near Fine. First American Edition. Hardcover, quarto, 128pp. First American edition - this was first published as "Book of the Supernatural" (London: W. Foulsham, 1979). In publisher's mustard-colored boards, having a black cloth spine with gold lettering. Decorative dust jacket in brown and gold depicting a gothic door with an "M.R. James" nameplate. CONDITION: Fine book in Near Fine dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, but has some surface scratches. ** An interesting collection of ghost stories and short pieces about their history. Includes a preface by Sir John Betjeman, the British Poet Laureate from 1972 to 1984, ghost stories from M.R. James and Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, and an introduction by the well-known horror story compiler, Peter Haining. ** M.R. James told his ghost stories on Christmas Eve to members of the "Chit Chat Club" at King's College, Cambridge. The first such gathering in 1893 was so well received that he was invited to repeat the performance every year on Christmas Eve. The tales are well-wrought "Victorian" ghost stories with old-fashioned notions of evil spirits, dire forebodings etc - one imagines them being told by candlelight with the narrator's back to an open fireplace, and a winter storm rattling the window panes. After a few years keeping this tradition, his friends persuaded him to publish those stories, which became his first and most famous collection, "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" (1904).(AJ). James McBryde; Gilbert James; M. Fitzgerald; John Mackay; George Cruickshank; Charles De Mornay (illustrateur). Book.…

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Heath Robinson bundle #1 (THREE books)
Peter Haining, Geoffrey Beare, James Hamilton illustrated by Heath Robinson
Edité par Souvenir Press, 2003
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Soft Cover. Souvenir Press 1989/1992/2003. 1st Edition. Book condition: VG - Very Good. Full Colour illustrations. THREE Heath Robinson books Meals On Wheels, William Heath Robinson by James Hamilton and Heath Robinson by Geoffrey Beare. "Meals on Wheels" - Souvenir Press (0285629328) 64pp Meals on Wheels: A Handbook on Food and Drink Made Simple, filled with quirky, over-engineered contraptions for eating, showcasing his signature style of absurdly ingenious devices that became synonymous with his name, even predating the name of the charity. "William Heath Robinson" - Pavilion (9781857936049) 160pp William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) dreamed of a romantic life as an itinerant landscape painter. Instead, he remained in North London and became the greatest comic draughtsman of the century, and one of those rare individuals whose names have entered the language as adjectives. Although his name is now synonymous with any complicated, ramshackle mechanical apparatus for doing something relatively simple, the true Heath Robinson contraption was thought out with a child's solemn logic, executed with a craftsman's care, and accompanied by the ultimate in deadpan captions. In this first full account of William Heath Robinson's life and work, James Hamilton draws on the Robinson family archives to explore the personality of this convivial family man and deeply serious artist. He traces the influences on his art, the development of his uniquely individual humorous style, and the unexpected path that his career followed: the switch from landscapes to book illustration, and early success as illustrator of Poe, Rabelais and Hans Andersen; the creation of his engaging comic character Uncle Lubin, his cartoons for magazines, and his First World War anti-German satires. "Heath Robinson" - Dulwich Picture Gallery (9781898519232) 143pp In the 1930s, William Heath Robinson was known as "the gadget king" and he is still most widely remembered for his wonderfully humorous drawings and illustrations of highly ingenious contraptions. This book includes over a hundred of his original works. Robinson's ambition was to become a landscape painter but he was forced to follow his brothers into book illustration, where his reputation was rapidly established. The creator of inimitable illustrations for poetry by Poe and Kipling, Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Midsummer Night's Dream, de la Mare's Peacock Pie, The Water Babies, and Perrault's Fairy Tales, he is ranked alongside Rackham and Dulac, achieving classic status around the world. He is also loved for the children's books that he both wrote and illustrated, The Adventures of Uncle Lubin and Bill the Minder. 64 pages. Size: 9" x 12" (230mm x 300mm). (6.5). Heath Robinson (illustrateur).…