PHANTASMAGORIA
Book Details + Condition: Arno Press (New York). First Edition thus, 1976. Part of Arno Press' hard-to-find "Supernatural & Occult Fiction" collection. Edited by Douglas Menville and R. Reginald. Hardcover with purple boards and silver titling to front and spine. Pagination reflects the order as the stories appeared in the original collections. The anthology includes facsimile reprints of thirteen early 20th-century horror and ghost stories by such noteworthy authors as Manly P. Hall and Arthur Conan Doyle, including:
- "The Sanctuary" (E.F. Benson, 1934)
- "The Terror on Tobit" (Charles Lloyd Birkin, 1936)
- "Couching at the Door" (D.K. Broster, 1942)
- "An Amateur Ghost" (James Branch Cabell, 1902)
- "The Closed Cabinet" (Anonymous, 1915)
- "Playing with Fire" (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1908)
- "The Demon Pope" (Richard Garnett, 1911)
- "Arria Marcella" (Théophile Gautier, 1906)
- "The Witch Doctor" (Manly P. Hall, 1925)
- "The Seeker of Souls" (Jasper John, 1930)
- "The Shadow on the Moor" (Duke of Northumberland, 1950)
- "The Moonslave" (Barry Pain, 1924)
- "A Porta Inferi" (Roger Pater, 1925)
From the massive occult collection of King Lawrence Parker - academic, dissertation author, and book collector extraordinaire. A very scarce edition in near-new, unread condition, with firm binding, bright boards, and a clean interior. Please see our other listings for more rare Arno Press publications.
