Publication: The Ghost Book: Sixteen Stories of the Uncanny

Publication: The Ghost Book: Sixteen Stories of the UncannyPublication Record # 439544
Editor: Lady Cynthia Asquith
Date: 1970-00-00
ISBN: 0-330-02586-4 [978-0-330-02586-7]
Publisher: Pan Books
Price:
5/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
Pages: 270
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Notes:
- Possible first printing.
- Uncredited cover art.
- Alternative price : £0.25; other prices : A$0.80; NZ$0.80; ZAR$0.60 (South Africa); C$0.95.
- Variant title typography : 'A Recluse' (inverted commas); Mr Tallent's Ghost, Mrs Lunt (no period); The Villa Desiree (no accents).
- The two stories by Oliver Onions are given the group title "Two Trifles", thus the "Sixteen" stories of the subtitle.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 877801771

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Anthology Title: The Ghost Book • [The Ghost Book • 1] • (1926) • anthology by Cynthia Asquith [as by Lady Cynthia Asquith]

Contents (view Concise Listing)

9 • The Villa Désirée • (1921) • short story by May Sinclair
22 • Chemical • (1926) • novelette by Algernon Blackwood
48 • The Duenna • (1926) • short story by Marie Belloc Lowndes [as by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes]
63 • A Visitor from Down Under • (1926) • short story by L. P. Hartley
82 • The Lost Tragedy • (1926) • short story by Denis Mackail
99 • Spinster's Rest • (1926) • novelette by Clemence Dane
127 • Mrs. Lunt • (1926) • short story by Hugh Walpole
143 • Munitions of War • (1926) • short story by Arthur Machen
147 • The Rocking-Horse Winner • (1926) • short story by D. H. Lawrence
164 • A Recluse • (1926) • novelette by Walter de la Mare
197 • The Corner Shop • (1926) • short story by Cynthia Asquith [as by C. L. Ray]
214 • The Ether-Hogs • (1926) • short story by Oliver Onions
223 • The Mortal • (1926) • short story by Oliver Onions
227 • Twelve O'Clock • (1926) • short story by Charles Whibley
233 • The Amorous Ghost • (1926) • short story by Enid Bagnold
240 • Mr. Tallent's Ghost • (1926) • short story by Mary Webb
254 • Pargiton and Harby • (1926) • short story by Desmond MacCarthy

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