SARRANTONIO, AL AND GREENBERG, MARTIN H. (EDITED BY)

100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories

London, Michael O'Mara. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 1854799584). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK edition, First Printing. A near Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. A wonderful selection of horror stories, ' and one of the bluntest of it's instruments is the short story, one of the most difficult of literary devices to master, not only must each word be perfect - but each comma and period, nothing can be wasted. In the hands of the master executioners, like the authors who fill this book - it can be deadly'. B2E. Near Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 003549

Catalogue: Ghosts / Horror Fiction

Keywords: Horror Fiction, Short Story Anthology 1854799584

HITCHCOCK, ALFRED (PRESENTS)

Tales to Take Your Breath Away

London, Max Reinhardt. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0370302974). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket. First UK edition. An anthology from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine contains stories by 29 authors, and in these pages you will find the most dastardly of plots, the most suspicious of circumstances and the strangest of fiction, each of them calculated to startle, shock, dismay and leave you breathless. 2. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 007643

Catalogue: Ghosts / Horror Fiction

Keywords: Horror Suspense Fiction 0370302974

PETHERICK, SIMON (EDITED BY)

Classic Stories of Mystery, Horror and Suspense

London, Robert Hale. 1987, First Thus. (ISBN: 0709029330). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 15 stories by 15 different authors, including Charles Dickens, Henry James, Ambrose Bierce, Wilkie Collins, Robert Louis Stevenson, Daniel Defoe,Thomas Hardy, Honore de Balzac. C3C. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009015

Catalogue: Ghosts / Horror Fiction

Keywords: Wilkie Collins, Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Ambrose Bierce, Henry James, Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson 0709029330

POE, EDGAR ALLAN

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

London, Harrap. 1979. (ISBN: 0245529535). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Rackham, Arthur. Illustrated boards have minor marks but no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. 328 pages. 12 illustrations in colour, 17 line drawings and illustrated endpapers by Arthur Rackham. A large format volume. 25 tales from the master of hooror. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF OVER 1 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 12. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011214

Catalogue: Ghosts / Horror Fiction

Keywords: 0245529535 Rackham, Arthur

SETTERFIELD, DIANE

Bellman and Black - a Ghost Story

London, Orion. 2013, First. (ISBN: 9781409128014). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An as New copy with dustjacket which has slight rubbing to front edge. First Edition, First Printing. 309 + 9 pages. A boy takes aim at a rook with his catapult. His friends watch in awe as the impossible shot strikes home, the bird falls, and for the first time death enters into William Bellman's life. It's a strangely disturbing experience and one he instantlt tries to forget. A man weighed down by tragedy has a drunken conversation in a graveyard. With a man dressed in black - who may or may not exist. And an extraordinary bargain is sealed between them. A curious new shop opens its doors in the heart of London - the first mourning emporium, providing everything from coffins to umbrellas. As the bereaved flock to Bellman and Black, William Bellman believes the past can finally be forgotten. Rooks, however, don't forget. 2. As New/Near Fine.

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Book number: 010998

Catalogue: Ghosts / Horror Fiction

Keywords: 9781409128014