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Published by HarperCollins Publishers, 1989
ISBN 10: 185336097XISBN 13: 9781853360978
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.
Published by Equation, 1989
ISBN 10: 185336097XISBN 13: 9781853360978
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Book
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A tan to the pages.
Published by Equation, 1989
Seller: JAC Books, Cortland, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Equation, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Trade Paperback. 192 pp. Introduced by Michael Cox. Ghost tale collection (from 1912) dedicated to and influenced by Swain's friend and collaborator, M.R. James. (These English Equation books were published on rather cheap paper and slight browning is common on internal pages.) Very mild edgewear, a Fine - near fine, unread, unmarked copy.
Published by equation, 1989
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. first edition. fine, unread, trade paperback,
Published by Thorsons Publishing Group., Northhamptonshire.uk, 1989
ISBN 10: 185336097XISBN 13: 9781853360978
Seller: Nicola Wagner, Aptos, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
8vo. Paperback. About fine. First Edition Thus. Paperback.
Published by EQUATION 1989, 1989
ISBN 10: 185336097XISBN 13: 9781853360978
Seller: Leaf Ends, Stocksfield, United Kingdom
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st in this edition paperback, very good page edges tanning, clean, tight copy.
Published by W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, Cambridge, 1912
First Edition
Pictorial Cloth. Condition: Near Fine+. Scarce First Edition ("extremely rare") of this classic collection of antiquarian ghost stories dedicated to M. R. James. (Tymn) Crown 8vo (182 x 119mm): [8],187,[1]pp. Original pictorial coarse sky-blue cloth, spine lettered in black, front cover stamped in black and grey with scene of vicar Batchel in pursuit of a ghost, edges rough-trimmed. Neat name inked to front paste-down ("C. J. Stonebridge, May, 1912"). Two tiny scars to rear cover, else a bright, clean copy, securely bound and clean throughout. Tymn (Horror Literature) 3-238 ("delightful and extremely rare"). Ashley, p. 170 ("a very rare book"). Sullivan, p. 419. Wilson, p. 468. Barron 3-193. Bleiler (Guide to Supernatural Fiction) 1571. Reginald 13908. Locke, p. 209. Collects "The Man with the Roller," "Bone to His Bone," "The Richpins," "The Eastern Window," "Lubrietta," "The Rockery," "The Indian Lamp Shade," "The Place of Safety," and "The Kirk Spook." Swain was a chaplain of King's College, Cambridge, a contemporary of M. R. James, and a regular member of the select group to which James delivered his famous annual Christmas Eve reading of a ghost story composed specially for the occasion. Swain left Cambridge in 1905, when he accepted the benefice of Stanground, near Peterborough. As Stoneground, Swain's own church of St. John the Baptist became the setting for this volume of ghostly stories. Mr. Batchel, rector of Stoneground (a fictionalized version of the author, whose adventures the tales relate) is "one of the most endearing creations of English ghost fiction." (Wilson) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).