MODERN GHOSTS - SELECTED AND TRANSLATED FROM THE WORKS OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT, PEDRO ANTONIO DE ALARCON, ALEXANDER L. KIELLAND, LEOPOLD KOMPERT, GUSTAVO ADOLFO BECQUER, AND GIOVANNI MAGHERINI-GRAZIANI
Book Details + Condition: Harper and Brothers (New York). First Edition, 1890. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth boards with silver decorations and titling to front and spine. 255 pages. Introduction by George William Curtis. Seven classic ghost stories including Guy De Maupassant's "The Horla". Tales include:
- The Horla
- Siesta
- The Tall Woman
- On the River
- Maese Perez, The Organist
- Fioraccio
- The Silent Woman
From the massive occult collection of King Lawrence Parker - academic, dissertation author, and book collector extraordinaire. Firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; chafing and wear to spine ends; Parker's bookplate to inside front board; interior is clean and free of markings.
