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Reprint (Arkham House 1989) horror anthology of 22 stories, with introduction by James Turner, significantly revised from the 1969 Arkham House edition edited by August Derleth. |
Translated from the French Fantasmagoria (Paris, 1812) by Mrs Sarah Utterson with the addition of her fragment. The French volume was translated from German sources by J.B.B. Eyriès. The original German source were the first two volumes of an eventual five-volume set, Gespensterbuch (Leipzig, 1811), edited by Friedrich Schulze and Johann Apel. It was this volume that was read by Byron and Shelley whilst on holiday in Switzerland and prompted the ghost-story competition that gave rise to Frankenstein. This volume has recently been reprinted by The Gothic Society, 1992 (ISBN 1-874100-03-9) with a new introduction by Terry Hale. |
Un-numbered wartime paperback. Later revised and expanded. |
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Expanded and revised version of 1945 edition. |
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Although sub-titled “True Stories of the Unexplained” these seven stories are all presented in a fictional narrative format. |
An early post-Byronic volume of romantic visions. The anonymous author, who claims this is his first book, calls them “tales of diablerie” and claims that all but one are original, although two are based on nursery tales. Probably translations by the author from national tales. Book has been attributed to George Borrow. |
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. |
Movie tie-in book reprinting story that movie based on then padding out the book with other stories. |
Expanded from The Dragon King’s Daughter: Ten Tang Dynasty Stories (2nd edition, Foreign Languages Press, 1962). Translated by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang. |
Anthology of two novellas back-to-back a la the old Ace Doubles. |
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Omnibus of two classic adventure novels: Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1914) with an introduction by Gore Vidal and The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope (1894) with a new introduction by Justin Kaplan. |
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. A Regency romance anthology, each story has accompanying recipes. |
Extracts from upcoming OUP titles, each with a biographical intro. |