House Churchyard by Sheridan Fanu, First Edition (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Slight wear and bumping to boards. Small dampstain to top of pages (interior unaffected). Unclipped DJ protected in mylar has slight wear. Solid binding and clean text. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. ; Doughty Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 496 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Whilst many highly regarded writers have created collections of strange and supernatural fiction and several other authors are now primarily known for their literary efforts within this genre, the author of this large collection surely stands alone. Not only is his body of supernatural and gothic fiction extremely substantial, he wrote ghost and horror fiction if not exclusively then certainly as the subject matter of the overwhelming majority of his considerable literary output. His authorship of novels and stories of the other worldly began from the first part of the nineteenth century making him one of the earliest specialist exponents of the genre in the 'modern' period.

Hardcover. First edition thus (& 1st printing). First published in 1863. New four-page introduction by Thomas Kilroy. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

1st ed. thus chipped dust jacket Very Good octavo xi + 496pp., Introduction by Elizabeth Bowen. Dust jacket with minor repairs o/w very good copy.

Hardcover. First Thus Edition. Thick Octavo, xi, 496 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine pictorial beige with red and black lettering. Exterior has slight wear including light edge wear and faint soiling. Boards have very slight wear including slight sunning and mild edge wear. Text block has slight wear including slight age toning to the fore/tail edges and head edge colored red. Gift inscription to the front pastedown. First thus edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Quarto and Folio Case. 1399286. FP New Rockville Stock.

New edition. 476 pp. Frontispiece and illustrated half-title page. 'The House by the Churchyard' is considered to be one of Le fanu's greatest novels written at the peak of his career. It was first serialised in the 'Dublin University Magazine' in 1861/62. The novel - a complex tale of murder and detection - is narrated by Charles de Cresserons and set in the Dublin suburb of Chapelizod. It was first published as a novel in London in three volumes by Tinsley in 1863. Some light spots of browning on prelims. Some even age browning to first few pages of text. Rebound in dark brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. New eps. Overall condition VG to VG+. An early edition of Le Fanu's famous tale.