London: John Murray, 1902. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-312, title page printed in red and black, original decorated maroon cloth, front panel stamped in beige, spine panel stamped in gold, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. The author's second book. "Five stories set in Yorkshire, told in Onions' grim and gritty regionalistic manner, sprinkled with dialectical speech. The longest -- a novella really -- is 'Gambier,' about a new doctor who goes to a remote valley town and butts heads with a fanatical priest (Gambier) who directly or indirectly sacrifices the lives of his parishioners in the belief that he is saving their souls. The religious faith of the people, on the other hand, is built directly on top of age-old traditions of superstition and magic, and they sometimes pressure Gambier into performing a Black Mass in the old deserted abbey (Wastley Hall) to ensure some desired goal. The conflict between the two men eventually leads to a pitched battle in town, and to the performance of such a Black Mass -- interrupted violently by the doctor. The level of fantasy here is what one might call meta-supernatural, as its efficacy is not directly and unambiguously endorsed by the author, but the evocation of uncanny atmosphere is masterly and will appeal to those who have relished the more overtly supernatural fiction of Onions." - Robert Eldridge.

London: Martin Secker, 1911. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-315 [316: printer's imprint] [317-320: ads], original decorated orange-red cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold, rear panel stamped in blind, top edge stained orange-red, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. Collects nine stories. "A landmark book in the history of supernatural fiction." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1261. Includes "The Beckoning Fair One," "... one of the finest of all ghost stories ..." and "Onion's work is stylishly suspenseful, and his best works are very effective" Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 4-119. [Reference: Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1720. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books 31. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-190. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 398].

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1921. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-320, original green cloth, front and spine stamped in gold. First U.S. edition. A murder mystery. Two parachutists crash into a roof where a party is going on, one is dead from a gunshot wound. [Reference: Hubin (1994), p. 615. Not in Barzun and Taylor].