GHOSTS AND MARVELS: A SELECTION OF UNCANNY TALES FROM DANIEL DEFOE TO ALGERNON BLACKWOOD
Book Details + Condition: Oxford University Press (Humphrey and Milford, UK). Early Edition, 1927. Hardcover measuring approximately 6"x4". 506 pages with publisher advertisements to end. Introduction by Montague R. James. A collection of 15 noteworthy supernatural and occult short stories, including:
- Mrs. Veal (Daniel Defoe)
- Wandering Willie's Tales (Sir Walter Scott)
- The Haunted and the Haunters (Lord Lytton)
- The Werewolf (Frederick Marryat)
- Ligeia (Edgar Allan Poe)
- The Lifted Veil (George Elliot)
- Ancient Sorceries (Algernon Blackwood)
From the massive occult collection of King Lawrence Parker - academic, dissertation author, and book collector extraordinaire. Firm binding; Parker's bookplate to inside front board; interior is clean and free of markings.
