E. F. Benson, THE COLLECTED SPOOK STORIES, Volumes 1, 2, 3, Ash - Tree Press, Fine
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:29193706 | Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Limited/Special Edition |
Each first edition volume was limited to 600 copies; each is in excellent condition. Here are the table of contents for each:
THE PASSENGER: gathers all Benson's tales from 1912 to 1921, including his famous "A Room in the Tower." The others, following a learned Introduction by Jack Adrian, are: The Confession of Charles Linkworth; The Friend in the Garden; Dummy on a Dahabeah; The Red House; The Chippendale Mirror; The Return of Frank Hampden; The China Bowl; The Passenger; The Ape...; Through; Thursday Evenings; The Light in the Garden; and, The Psychical Mallards.
THE TERROR BY NIGHT: gathers his earliest tales, written from 1899 to 1911. The tales following an informative Introduction by Jack Adrian are: At Abdul Ali's Grave, The Man Who Went Too Far; The Dust-Cloud; Gavons Eve; The Shootings at Achnaleish; The Bus-Conductor; The Terror by Night; The House with the Brick-kiln; Between the Lights; Caterpillars; Outside the Door; The Thing in the Hall; The Other Bed; and How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery.
MRS. AMWORTH: The collection comprises the following 15 stories and Intro by Jack Adrian, covering the period 04/1922 - 11/1923:
(1) The Outcast(2) Number 12(3) Mrs Amworth(4) The Top Landing(5) The Gardener(6) The Horror-Horn(7) 'And the Dead Spake ...'(8) Negotium Perambulans(9) In the Tube(10) Machaon(11) Mr Tilly's Séance(12) At the Farmhouse(13) Inscrutable Decrees(14) Roderick's Story(15) Boxing Night
THE PASSENGER: gathers all Benson's tales from 1912 to 1921, including his famous "A Room in the Tower." The others, following a learned Introduction by Jack Adrian, are: The Confession of Charles Linkworth; The Friend in the Garden; Dummy on a Dahabeah; The Red House; The Chippendale Mirror; The Return of Frank Hampden; The China Bowl; The Passenger; The Ape...; Through; Thursday Evenings; The Light in the Garden; and, The Psychical Mallards.
THE TERROR BY NIGHT: gathers his earliest tales, written from 1899 to 1911. The tales following an informative Introduction by Jack Adrian are: At Abdul Ali's Grave, The Man Who Went Too Far; The Dust-Cloud; Gavons Eve; The Shootings at Achnaleish; The Bus-Conductor; The Terror by Night; The House with the Brick-kiln; Between the Lights; Caterpillars; Outside the Door; The Thing in the Hall; The Other Bed; and How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery.
MRS. AMWORTH: The collection comprises the following 15 stories and Intro by Jack Adrian, covering the period 04/1922 - 11/1923:
(1) The Outcast(2) Number 12(3) Mrs Amworth(4) The Top Landing(5) The Gardener(6) The Horror-Horn(7) 'And the Dead Spake ...'(8) Negotium Perambulans(9) In the Tube(10) Machaon(11) Mr Tilly's Séance(12) At the Farmhouse(13) Inscrutable Decrees(14) Roderick's Story(15) Boxing Night
