STORIES IN THE DARK

Pain, Barry [Eric Odell]

Published by Grant Richards, London, 1901

About this Item

Small octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-191 [192], original pictorial yellow cloth, front cover printed in red and black, spine panel printed in black. First edition. In addition to the rare large paper limited issue of 250 copies signed by Pain, there were two issues of the trade copies, some bound in pictorial yellow cloth and the others bound in pictorial wrappers in shilling shocker format, this being one of the hardbound copies. This is Pain's core collection of horror fiction, supernatural and psychological, including classic "The Moon-Slave," woman seduced by the Great God Pan, "The Gray Cat," a loathsome familiar, and "The Undying Thing," a Gothic extravaganza featuring a deathless subterranean werewolf. Impressive range of themes and moods, stylish treatment. See Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature Iv, pp. 1662-64. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-156. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1278. Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 742. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 88. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 317. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-196. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 400. Bleiler (1978), p. 153. Reginald 11123. Hubin (1994), p. 624. NCBEL IV 698. Cloth dusty, spine panel a bit darkened, lettering and illustration on front cover rubbed, but still a very good copy. Clothbound copies of this book are seldom found in decent condition due to the fragile nature of the binding. (#171586).

Seller Inventory # 171586

Bibliographic Details

• Title: STORIES IN THE DARK
• Publisher: Grant Richards, London
• Publication Date: 1901
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Ghost Stories
  • Victorian Fiction
  • Horror
  • Supernatural
  • Mystery & Crime