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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Octavo, black cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, ix, 241 pp. Fine in a Near Fine, mylar protected dust jacket with lightly rubbed edges. From dust jacket: Thirty years ago Arkham House published Green Tea and Other Ghost Stories, containing all the best of the short supernatural stories of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 - 1873). The majority of the spectral tales of the great Irish Victorian master of terror were virtually unknown then in the United States, except a few like the widely anthologized "Green Tea" and "Camilla." It is possible that even now, since he published anonymously, not all of his work has been discovered in the files of yellowed magazines of more than a century ago. This second collection, therefore, reprints the remainder of those tales positively identified as his which were not included in the previous volume. With an introduction by the late August Derleth, The Purcell Papers, though not representative of Le Fanu's best, is nevertheless an interesting and entertaining supplement capable of producing the genuine terrors of its predecessor. Occasionally there is an engaging variant to be found, as suggested by "The Drunkard's Dream" and "The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh," "attesting," as August Derleth remarks, "to L:e Fanu's penchant for treating the same theme again and perhaps again in different settings." The phantasmagoria displayed in "The Spectre Lovers" invites comparison of the author's keen visual sense with modern cinematic technique. Both "The Ghost and the Bone-Setter" and "The Quare Gander" offer ample evidence of Le Fanu's surpassing skill in blending the comic with the supernatural. "The Child That Went With the Fairies" adds to the charm of folklore tradition an element of poignancy. And "The Churchyard Yew" with its explanatory note may prove reactionary as well as surprising for the unwary reader. But there are stories with horror enough to satisfy the most exacting of aficionados. The lurking menace of "A Night in the Bell Inn," the gloom and violence of "The Village Bully" and "The Legend of Dunablane," and the adversaries of "The Dead Sexton" and "They Mysterious Lodger" leave a define impression in the memory of the connoisseur. August Derleth said of Le Fanu that in the literature of the British Isles he is as much the father of a tradition as Edgar Allan Poe is in the United States and that some of the greatest names in the literature of the weird in Britain are in his tradition. Of his method, he observed: "Le Fanu begins most of his tales with an almost disarming leisureliness, but in so doing, he effects a very good picture of his setting. Deliberation in the narrative of the spectral is rather a virtue than otherwise. His phantoms are unmistakable ghosts; there is nothing tenuous about them; they are well-motivated if not always well-behaved apparitions, who have appeared for a definitive purpose, and, however deliberate they may be in the accomplishing of it, they are seldom thwarted." As a teller of twilight tales, J. Sheridan Le Fanu demonstrates his admirable simplicity, his scorn for mere devices, his feeling for the unearthly, reaching those heights which justify his position as the formative master of the old-fashioned ghost story following the Gothic vogue in English literature. Literature, Fiction, Horror, Supernatural. aslic.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. 2nd. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Hardcover book is in very good condition. A few pages show some highlighting, otherwise clean. Tight binding, light general handling wear. Tulsa's largest used bookstore. Located on South Mingo Road since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied.

Hardcover. Very Good: shows light wear to extremities, but the lower corner tips are mildly bumped; the front board is a little bowed; slight spine lean; faint soiling.The binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tighly bound, showing very mild wear and minor flaws. The text pages are bright and clean. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.5 x 6.65 x 1.5 inches). iv, 585 pages. Language: English. Weight: 2 pounds, 5.1 ounces. Second Edition (1993); Second Printing Thus. Hardback: Lacks DJ. >52342 Second Edition (1993); Second Printing Thus.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 2nd. Second edition. Hardcover. Pages unmarked, limited gentle wear.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Hardback in very good plus condition. No dust jacket, but may not have been issued with one.

Condizione: Fair. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: second ] Publisher: Valley Book Company Pub Date: 6/1/1993 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 585 second edition.

Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition thus. Frontis map. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. 391 pps.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. 2nd Edition. Valley Book Company, 1993. XII+585 pages. New Hardcover. 9.5"x6.0"x1.3". be4x.

hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. Acceptable. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.