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2003Q-0794503292Usborne Pub Ltd 2003-01-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Usborne Pub Ltd paperback
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2003Q-0750651865Butterworth-Heinemann 2003-05-22. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Butterworth-Heinemann paperback
1996055902Ashcroft BC: Ash-Tree Press 1996. First edition thus First printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Ash-Tree edition first printing. Limited to 400 copies. Introduction by Richard Dalby. Collects nine of Swain's stories. Introduction by Cardinal Cox. Afterward by Jack Adrian. Dust jacket illustration by Rachel Crittenden. Originally published in 1912 by W. Heffer Cambridge. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy. <br/> <br/> Ash-Tree Press hardcover
1996055901Ashcroft BC: Ash-Tree Press 1996. First edition thus First printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Ash-Tree edition first printing. Limited to 400 copies. Introduction by Richard Dalby. Collects nine of Swain's stories. Introduction by Cardinal Cox. Afterward by Jack Adrian. Dust jacket illustration by Rachel Crittenden. Originally published in 1912 by W. Heffer Cambridge. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy. <br/> <br/> Ash-Tree Press hardcover
102402704X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1378057767.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1013872886.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1912BB2776Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd 1912. Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine. Scarce First Edition "extremely rare" of this classic collection of antiquarian ghost stories dedicated to M. R. James. Tymn Crown 8vo 182 x 119mm: 81871pp. Original pictorial coarse sky-blue cloth spine lettered in black front cover stamped in black and grey with scene of vicar Batchel in pursuit of a ghost edges rough-trimmed. Neat name inked to front paste-down "C. J. Stonebridge May 1912". Two tiny scars to rear cover else a bright clean copy securely bound and clean throughout. Tymn Horror Literature 3-238 "delightful and extremely rare". Ashley p. 170 "a very rare book". Sullivan p. 419. Wilson p. 468. Barron 3-193. Bleiler Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1571. Reginald 13908. Locke p. 209. Collects "The Man with the Roller" "Bone to His Bone" "The Richpins" "The Eastern Window" "Lubrietta" "The Rockery" "The Indian Lamp Shade" "The Place of Safety" and "The Kirk Spook." Swain was a chaplain of King's College Cambridge a contemporary of M. R. James and a regular member of the select group to which James delivered his famous annual Christmas Eve reading of a ghost story composed specially for the occasion. Swain left Cambridge in 1905 when he accepted the benefice of Stanground near Peterborough. As Stoneground Swain's own church of St. John the Baptist became the setting for this volume of ghostly stories. Mr. Batchel rector of Stoneground a fictionalized version of the author whose adventures the tales relate is "one of the most endearing creations of English ghost fiction." Wilson N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. W. Heffer & Sons Ltd unknown
1912134652Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. 1912. Octavo pp. 1-8 1-187 188: printer's imprint original pictorial blue cloth front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. A collection of nine ghost stories dedicated to Swain's longtime friend M. R. James. ". Swain's tales share many features with those of James' and draw on the friends' common interests and antiquarian studies. They are however rather milder in tone and regularly incorporate a playful humour not often found in James' work. The tales relate the adventures of a fictionalized version of the author Mr Batchel Rector of Stoneground parish. Although by today's standards readers may find Swain's stories rather lacking in supernatural horrors their subtle qualities become apparent on re-reading and many find Mr Batchel one of the most enduring creations of English ghost fiction." - Wilson Shadows in the Attic p. 468. Ashley Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction p. 170. Barron ed Horror Literature 3-193. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1571. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 209. Sullivan ed The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural p. 419. Tymn ed Horror Literature 3-238. Bleiler 1978 p. 190. Reginald 13908. Spine panel tanned a very good copy. #134652 W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. unknown books
1912130812Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. 1912. Octavo pp. 1-8 1-187 188: printer's imprint original pictorial blue cloth front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. A collection of nine ghost stories dedicated to Swain's longtime friend M. R. James. ". Swain's tales share many features with those of James' and draw on the friends' common interests and antiquarian studies. They are however rather milder in tone and regularly incorporate a playful humour not often found in James' work. The tales relate the adventures of a fictionalized version of the author Mr Batchel Rector of Stoneground parish. Although by today's standards readers may find Swain's stories rather lacking in supernatural horrors their subtle qualities become apparent on re-reading and many find Mr Batchel one of the most enduring creations of English ghost fiction." - Wilson Shadows in the Attic p. 468. Ashley Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction p. 170. Barron ed Horror Literature 3-193. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1571. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 209. Sullivan ed The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural p. 419. Tymn ed Horror Literature 3-238. Bleiler 1978 p. 190. Reginald 13908. Cloth rubbed at upper spine end spine panel tanned endpapers and page edges just a bit tanned a very good copy. Penciled signature of A. Langley Searles noted fantasy enthusiast and publisher of the long-running fanzine FANTASY COMMENTATOR dated 1944 on front paste-down. An attractive copy. #130812 W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. unknown books
2011Q-0819224448MOREHOUSE PUBLISHING 2011-04-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! MOREHOUSE PUBLISHING paperback
1590482468.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2007SONG1590482468The Long Riders' Guild Press 2007-02-02. paperback. Used: Good. 6.00x0.75x8.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. The Long Riders' Guild Press paperback
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2011DADAX0521326362Cambridge University Press 2011-06-30. 1. paperback. New. 6.00x0.70x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Cambridge University Press paperback
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2006DADAX0521861551Cambridge University Press 2006-04-17. Illustrated. hardcover. New. 6.00x1.00x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Cambridge University Press hardcover
254344Karger 2010. Quarto black cloth boards white lettering to spine white illus to front board frontispiece 272pp illus Near FINE in d/w VG light creasing to edges light chafing & soiling to covers Karger 2010 hardcover
201099365S Karger Pub. New. 2010. Hardcover. 3805593813 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- -- with a bonus offer-- . S Karger Pub hardcover
2001Q-0670899704Viking Juvenile 2001-05-21. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Viking Juvenile hardcover
2023x-1666936987Lexington Books 2023. Hardcover. New. 124 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. Lexington Books hardcover
