Gibbs, former editor of Yachting,

Spooky Sea Stories.

np, Yankee Books, (1991). 1st ptg. VG PB. Sl wear to back two corners.

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Book number: BOOKS038040I

Catalogue: Navigation

Tony Gibbs,

Spooky Sea Stories.

Camden, Maine, Yankee Books, (1991). VG pb. Mysterious stories about the sea Messengers at the Window; The Voodoo Woman, The Ghost Ship, The Derelict, Kentucky's Ghost. Seafarers have always been notorioiusly superstitious. What other class of people subject themselves to the whim of the sea,a mysterious, implacable, deeply inhuman of the sea. Recognizing their helplessness, sailors have always at first make the great adversary understandable by giving the status of god. A god, after all could be placated with prayers and offerings and the early seamen did thait best in that line up to and including sacrifice. but sooner or later came the stark realization that has chilled the sailor throughout history. The sea can't be bribed, the sea simply doesn't care--about human beings or anything else. For them magic was still the answer elaborate taboos and ritual they sould have found laughable ashore. Never leave port on a Friday, never sail with a parson aboard, never change a ship's name. Includes press release from Yankee Books and b&w photo of book's cover.

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Book number: BOOKS056229I

Catalogue: Mystery

IRESON, BARBARA

Spooky Stories

Carousel Books, 1975. 1st. Paperback. Hutchinson, John. Light wear to edges of covers. Pages slightly tanned. Good.

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Book number: 117033

Catalogue: Post 1940

OLLIVER, JANE

A Treasury of Spooky Stories

Larousse Kingfisher Chambers, 1992. First American Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 1856978303. Illustrated by Annabel Spenceley. 157 pages. Clean text, cover and first few pages are creased. Collection of 14 short stories, including The Guitarist, Teeny-Tiny, The Ghost Train, The Wind on Haunted Hill, plus others. Illustrated ; A Read-A-Loud Book. G .

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Book number: 18615

Catalogue: Children

Keywords: 1856978303 the Kingfisher Treasury of Spooky Stories Ghost Stories Folklore Horror Stories Jane Hollowood Sorche Nic Leodhas Judith Gorog Halloween

Andrew Fusek Peters

Strange and Spooky Stories

Bath, Barefoot Books, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition copy of this uncommon children's book filled with stories and illustrations of fantastical creatures. In the original dust wrapper. A lovely first edition copy of this collection of dramatically illustrated children stories. Found in the unclipped dust wrapper. Filled with stories and illustrations of weird, wonderful, and fantastic creatures, these spooky and strange stories will have children on the edge of their seat! The poems and stories of Andrew Fusek Peters are regularly broadcast on BBC Radio Four's Talking Poetry, and Poetry Please and he has published several collections of poetry. Zdenka Kabatova-Taborska is an award winning illustrator who lives in Prague. In the publisher's original pictorial hardback binding, found in the unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely, with just a tiny chip in the paper binding to the top extremity at the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Zdenka Kabatova-Taborska. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 854N20

Catalogue: Children's Books

Keywords: Strange and Spooky Stories Andrew Fusek Peters Zdenka Kabatova-Taborska Colour Illustrations Andrew Fusek Peters Dust Wrapper Uncommon Zdenka Kabatova-Taborska

SONNTAG, LINDA

The Ghost Train and Other Spooky Stories

Kingfisher, 1987. Hardback. Spenceley, Annabel. Quarto. Pictorial laminated boards. Dustwrapper repeats cover design. Light wear to edges of dustwrapper. Small chip at lower edge of dustwrapper rear panel. Small school stamp at top corner of front endpaper. Near-fine in other respects. Very Good.

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Book number: 119043

Catalogue: Young Children

Keywords: Supernatural