Ash Tree Press, 2002. First THUS. hardcover. Lee, Vernon : Hauntings: The Supernatural Stories. Ashcroft (BC, CAN) : Ash-Tree Press, 2002. Edited, with an introduction, by David G. Rowlands. First printing of the first edition by this publisher, limited edition, one of 600 copies. ISBN 1553100301. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.25"/21cm h. Bound in publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering imprinted to spine. Color glossy dj illus by John Singer Sargent. Red endpapers with subtly patterned "Ash-Tree Press" repeated throughout. [i-viii], ix-xix, [xx] prelim material, [1-4], 5-370 numbered pp, [371] acknowl, [372] blank, [373] colophon, [374] blank, [375-377] three page list of Ash-Tree Press "Titles Published" 1994-2002, [378-380] blank. Note on the texts; editor's intro; author bio (by Irene Cooper Willis); selections from: "Hauntings: Fantastic Stories", "Pope Jacynth and Other Fantastic Tales", "For Maurice: Five Unlikely Tales", "Vanitas: Polite Stories", plus "Sister Benvenuta and the Christ Child", "The Hidden Door" and two essays ("Ravenna and Her Ghosts" and "Faustus and Helena: The Supernatural in Art".) Condition notes: A lovely, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy of a handsomely bound, chilling anthology. Dustjacket shows light wear/rubbing. Light smudge soils portion tail edge, else excellent. We personally inspect every book we offer.

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We were talking last evening - as the blue moon-mist poured in through the old-fashioned grated window, and mingled with our yellow lamplight at table - we were talking of a certain castle whose heir is initiated (as folk tell) on his twenty-first birthday to the knowledge of a secret so terrible as to overshadow his subsequent life. It struck us, discussing idly the various mysteries and terrors that may lie behind this fact or this fable, that no doom or horror conceivable and to be defined in words could ever adequately solve this riddle; that no reality of dreadfulness could seem caught but paltry, bearable, and easy to face in comparison with this vague we know not what.

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Bookseller: Furrowed Brow Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 231202001
Title: Hauntings: The Supernatural Stories
Author: Lee, Vernon
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First THUS
ISBN 10: 1553100301
ISBN 13: 9781553100300
Publisher: Ash Tree Press
Place of Publication: Ashcroft, British Columbia
Date Published: 2002

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