Gilchrist, R. Murray : The Basilisk And Other Tales Of Dread. Ashcroft (BC, CAN) : Ash-Tree Press, 2003. First edition, limited edition, one of 500 copies. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.75"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering imprinted to spine. Color glossy dj illus by Paul Lowe. Red endpapers with subtly patterned "Ash-Tree Press" repeated throughout. Xvi pp prelim material, 187 numbered pp, nine wo numbers following, including colophon and (helpfully), a four page list of Ash-Tree Press "Titles Published" 1994-2003, including forthcoming titles. Introduction by John Pelan and Christopher Roden, 22 tales of dread (plus two more excerpted in an appendix), sources. Condition notes: A clean, tight, unmarked, square copy with light wear to dj and boards. Pp 167-174 show a crease from an historic and unfortunate fold. We personally inspect every book we offer.

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Title

The Basilisk And Other Tales Of Dread - Ash-Tree Press - R. Murray Gilchrist

Publisher

Ash Tree Pr

Publication Date

2003

Language

English

ISBN 10

1553100530

ISBN 13

9781553100539

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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Horror/Macabre

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Robert Murray Gilchrist (1868–1917) made just a single contribution to The Yellow Book — the little known vampire story 'The Crimson Weaver'. Gilchrist's name, when it is mentioned at all today, is much better known for his highly regarded collection of short fiction, The Stone Dragon (1894), a rarity which is highly sought by genre collectors. In 1903, Hurst & Blackett published Gilchrist's Lords and Ladies, which included an additional six weird tales; and the June 1905 issue of The London Magazine saw the appearance of a further vampire tale, 'The Lover's Ordeal'. By 1926, however, when Gilchrist's good friend Eden Phillpotts championed the posthumous collection A Peakland Faggot, it seems that any contribution to the weird tale had been forgotten: Phillpotts makes no mention of these unique stories, nor does Hugh Walpole, who included a short memoir of Gilchrist in The Apple Trees: Four Reminiscences, published in 1932. The Basilisk and Other Tales of Dread brings together f

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