AIKEN, JOAN

Midnight Is a Place

New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1976. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The front covers of the book have several spots of rubbing and a couple of small creases to the foredge. The text pages are clean and bright, though there is some light, generalized toning. "Aiken produced more than 100 books, including more than a dozen collections of fantasy stories, plays and poems, and modern and historical novels for adults and children. She was a lifelong fan of ghost stories, particularly those of M. R. James, Fitz James O'Brien and Nugent Barker. [citation needed] As well as writing under her own name, she used the pen name Nicholas Dee for several short stories. Some of her books focus on spine-chilling or supernatural events, including The Windscreen Weepers (stories, 1969) , The Shadow Guests (novel, 1980) , A Whisper in the Night (stories, 1982) , and A Creepy Company (stories, 1993, with variant contents in its US and UK editions). She set her adult supernatural novel The Haunting of Lamb House at Lamb House in Rye (now a National Trust property). This ghost story recounts in fictional form an alleged haunting experienced by two former residents of the house, Henry James and E. F. Benson, both of whom also wrote ghost stories. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 48942

Catalogue: Gothic Fiction

Keywords: Gothic Fiction Joan Aiken Orphans Victorian England

CANFIELD, MIRIAM

The Tuscany Madonna

New York, NY: Prestige Books, Inc, 1965. 1st Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends, corners and spine joints have rubbing, bumping and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. The bottom edge of the text block has a faint black ink X. There is a previous bookstore ink stamped name and address on the front inside cover of the book.. Very Good- .

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Book number: 44547

Catalogue: Gothic Fiction

Keywords: Gothic Fiction Miriam Canfield Magnum Books Dorothy Fletcher

DANIELS, DOROTHY

Ghost Story

New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1974. Paperback. ISBN: 0671777777. Mass Market PB. Illustrated by Elaine Duillo. Cover Art; This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good- conditon and was issued without a dust jacket. Book # 77777, priced at 95cents. The book covers have some light rubbing and wear. There is one crease to the top front corner with an edge nick. The rear cover of the book has rubbing along the rear spine joint. The text pages are clean and bright.. Very Good- .

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Book number: 45750

Catalogue: Gothic Fiction

Keywords: 0671777777 Gothic Fiction Dorothy Daniels Ghosts Possession

EDEN, DOROTHY

Listen to Danger

New York, NY: Ace Books, 1957. Trade Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0441484816. Mass Market PB. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book have some bumping, rubbing and wear. There is a small tear to the bottom front spine joint, and some light creases to the corners. The text pages are generally clean and bright. There is a previous bookstore's ink stamped name and address on the front endpaper. "Eden's first novel was published in 1940 and she became a full-time writer in 1946. In 1954 she moved to England; she made the move "to prove she could write". In 1980 Eden was described as one of the 10 best-selling novelists in the world. She was best known for her writings in the suspense and Gothic genres, both romances and thrillers. Her works were translated into many different languages including Turkish, Icelandic and Hebrew. In addition to writing novels, she also contributed to magazines, including New Zealand Mirror and other international magazines. She served on the committee of the English Crime Writers Association. " (from Wikipedia). Good .

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Book number: 45744

Catalogue: Gothic Fiction

Keywords: 0441484816 Gothic Fiction Dorothy Eden London, England Romance

GASKIN, CATHERINE

Fiona

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1970. Trade Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean, but has some rubbing and wear to the spine ends, corners and edges. There are a couple of small edge nicks to the bottom spine ends. "She completed her best-known work, Sara Dane, on her 25th birthday in 1954, and it was published in 1955. It sold more than 2 million copies, was translated into a number of other languages, and was made into a television mini-series in Australia in 1982. This novel is loosely based on the life of the Australian convict businesswoman Mary Reibey, whose image has appeared on the Australian $20 note since 1994. Other novels included A Falcon for a Queen (1972) and The Summer of the Spanish Woman (1977). Gaskin moved to Manhattan for ten years, after marrying a United States citizen. She then moved to the Virgin Islands, then in 1967 to Ireland, where she became an Irish citizen. She also lived on the Isle of Man. Her last novel was The Charmed Circle (1988). She then returned to Sydney, where she died in September 2009, aged 80, from ovarian cancer. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 45075

Catalogue: Gothic Fiction

Keywords: Horror Catherine Gaskin Second Sight Premonitions

HOWATCH, SUSAN

Call in the Night

New York: Fawcett Crest, 1975. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. Ther is a crease to the top rear corner of the book cover. The spine has a couple of small spots of rubbing and some light edge wear and rubbing, along with one nick to the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright. "Her first novel was The Dark Shore (1965). She published several other "gothic" novels before she turned to the first of her family sagas, Penmarric (1971) , which details the fortunes and disputes of the Penmar family in Cornwall during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. An important theme of the story is how the mansion of Penmarric becomes controlled by various branches of the family. The family fortune was made in the Cornish tin mining industry, which is discussed throughout each one of the six parts, each with a different character as narrator. As is made clear by the chapter headings, the fortunes of the family closely parallel the Plantagenet family, including Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, with the mansion representing the throne. It was adapted into a television series with the same name in 1979. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 42116

Catalogue: Gothic Fiction

Keywords: Gothic Fiction Susan Howatch Murder England

KEPPEL, CHARLOTTE (PSEUDONYM OF URSULA TORDAY)

Ghosts of Fontenoy

London, England: Piatkus, 1981. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0861881079. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the bottom spine end and bottom front cover edge. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket is crisp and clean. "She returned to publishing in the early 1950s using the pen names of Paula Allardyce or Charity Blackstock (in some cases reedited as Lee Blackstock in the USA) to sign her gothic romance and mystery novels. Later, she also used the pen name Charlotte Keppel. She published her last novel in 1982. Her novel Miss Fenny (a. K. A. The Woman in the Woods) as Charity (or Lee) Blackstock was nominated for an Edgar Award. In 1961, her novel Witches' Sabbath won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 45999

Catalogue: Gothic Fiction

Keywords: 0861881079 Gothic Fiction Charlotte Keppel Ursula Torday Romantic Fiction Modern Fiction Romance Murder

LOFTS, NORAH (NORAH ETHEL ROBINSON)

Gad's Hall

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1978. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385129882. Remainder. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends of the book covers have some beginning bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. The bottom edge of the text block has purple remainder speckling. There are a couple of small chips to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The reverse of the dust jacket has generalized foxing. "Lofts was born in Shipdham, Norfolk in England, and died in 1983 in Bury St Edmunds. She also wrote under the pen names Peter Curtis and Juliet Astley. Lofts chose to release her murder-mystery novels under the pen name Peter Curtis because she did not want the readers of her historic fiction to pick up a murder-mystery novel and expect classic Lofts historical fiction. However, the murders still show characteristic Lofts elements. Most of her historical novels fall into two general categories: biographical novels about queens, among them Anne Boleyn, Isabella I of Castile, and Catherine of Aragon; and novels set in East Anglia centered around the fictitious town of Baildon (patterned largely on Bury St. Edmunds). Her creation of this fictitious area of England is reminiscent of Thomas Hardy's creation of "Wessex"; and her use of recurring characters such that the protagonist of one novel appears as a secondary character in others is even more reminiscent of William Faulkner's work set in "Yoknapatawpha County," Mississippi." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 39117

Catalogue: Gothic Fiction

Keywords: 0385129882 Gothic Fiction Norah Lofts Norah Ethel Robinson Supernatural Fiction England Gothic fiction

MAXWELL, PATRICIA (PATRICIA ANNE PONDER)

Stranger at Plantation Inn

New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1971. Trade Edition. Paperback. Mass Market PB. This is a mass market paperback book. This book is in Very Good- condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some edge wear, bumping and rubbing. There is a light slant to the spine of the book , along with several creases. The covers have several small spots of discoloration. The text pages are clean and bright. "Maxwell's early works, published under her own name, were mystery suspense novels. In the mid-1970s, this type of novel became less popular, and Maxwell suddenly had trouble selling new works. After two years of struggling to find another niche, Maxwell was asked to write a proposal for an emerging genre, historical romance. Her first novel in this genre, Love's Wild Desire, became a New York Times Bestseller under the pseudonym Jennifer Blake (so that fans of her previous work would not be confused). " (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .

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Book number: 41646

Catalogue: Gothic Fiction

Keywords: Gothic Fiction Patricia Maxwell Patricia Anne Ponder Killers Murder Thriller Gothic fiction

MCCAFFREY, ANNE

Ring of Fear

New York, NY: Ace Books, 1977. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 044172647X. Mass Market PB. This is a mass market paperback book. First American edition, following several british hardback and paperback editions. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is a light, but noticeable slant to the spine of the book, along with some light bumping, rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are generally clean and bright.. Very Good- .

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Book number: 47284

Catalogue: Gothic Fiction

Keywords: 044172647X Science Fiction And Fantasy Anne Mccaffrey Horses Romance

PEARSON, DIANE

Bride of Tancred

New York: Bantam Books, 1978. 2nd Printing. Paperback. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing, along with one small nick and a small chip from the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright, though there is some light, generalized toning. The front inside cover has an inked previous owner's name. "Diane Pearson (5 November 1931 in London – 15 August 2017 in London) was a British book editor and romance novelist, who has been translated into several languages. In 1994, she won the British Book Award for Editor of the Year and was the President of the Romantic Novelists' Association from 1986 to 2011, when she retired." (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .

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Book number: 42810

Catalogue: Gothic Fiction

Keywords: Gothic Fiction Diane Pearson Illigitimicy England

ROSS, W. E. D. (WILLIAM EDWARD DANIEL ROSS)

The Whispering Gallery

New York, NY: Manor Books, 1970. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping and rubbing. The white portions of the book covers have some light generalized toning. The text pages are clean and bright. "aka Laura Frances Brooks, Lydia Colby, Rose Dana, Jan Daniels, Ross Olin, Diane Randall, Clarissa Ross, Dan Ross, Dana Ross, Marilyn RossW. E. D. Ross is a bestselling Canadian novelist from Saint John, New Brunswick who wrote over 300 books in a variety of genres and under a variety of mostly female pseudonyms such as Clarissa Ross, Ann Gilmer, Dan Roberts, and W. E. D. Ross. As Marilyn Ross he wrote popular Gothic fiction including a series of novels about the vampire Barnabas Collins based on the American TV series Dark Shadows (1966-71)." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 47868

Catalogue: Gothic Fiction

Keywords: Gothic Fiction W. E. D. Ross England

STEVENSON, ANNE

Mask of Treason

New York, NY: Fawcett Crest, 1980. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0449243567. Mass Market PB. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean bright. "Lovely, independent Fiona Grant, a costume designer in the London opera world, returns for a holiday to her parents' home in the Scottish Highlands. On the way she meet imperturbable Max Wyndham, a naval officer on an investigative mission regarding leaks of military information from a naval base near Fiona's home. At some point everyone is a likely suspect -- Fiona, her parents, even a star of the opera. Roles are constantly changing in a diverting way, until the final chapters bring a deadly game to a satisfying halt." (from FictionDB). Very Good .

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Book number: 43973

Catalogue: Gothic Fiction

Keywords: 0449243567 Gothic Fiction Anne Stevenson Scotland Murder