Dublin: James M'Glashan, 50 Upper Sackville-Street. William S. Orr and Co., Amen-Corner, London, and Liverpool, MDCCCLI [1851]. Small octavo, pp. [1-9] 10-304, half title and title leaves printed in blue and red, four inserted plates with illustrations by "Phiz" [Hablot Knight Browne], original pictorial fine-ribbed red cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold, rear panel stamped in blind (Carter's binding A), all edges gilt, yellow coated endpapers. First edition. Le Fanu's anonymously published third book and the first collection of short fiction by the best Victorian writer of the supernatural. Collects "The Watcher," considered to be "one of the most convincing haunts in the genre" (Bleiler 1983), "The Murdered Cousin," the second early short form of UNCLE SILAS (1864), "Schalken the Painter," one of his best early tales, and "The Evil Guest," the second early short form of A LOST NAME (1868). [Reference: Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 993. Bleiler (ed), Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror, pp. 223-25. Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 571. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 136 and II, p. 144. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 257-62. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 2-60. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 319. Bleiler (1978), p. 121. Reginald 08794. Hubin (1994), pp. 492-93. Sadleir 1376. Carter, Binding Variants, p. 127].

Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 2003. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 650 copies. The second volume of collected supernatural fiction by Le Fanu from Ash-Tree.

New York: Carleton, Publisher, 413 Broadway. London: Tinsley & Co., 1866. 12mo, pp. [1-5] 6-528, flyleaves at front and rear, original blue-green pebbled cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, light blue endpapers. First U.S. edition. THE HOUSE BY THE CHURCH-YARD is one of "four sensation novels [written by Le Fanu] that are the best of their kind ... Aside from three interpolated tales treating the supernatural [notably, "The Haunting of the Tiled House"], [it] is devoted to mystery and to exposing dark crimes committed in the past." (Bleiler [ed], Supernatural Fiction Writers, p. 225) "The supernatural plays a minor but crucial role." (Barron [ed], Horror Literature 2-49) "There are connoisseurs of the ghostly who put it first among Le Fanu's works." (Tymn [ed], Horror Literature 2-61). [Reference: Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 115. Ellis, Wilkie Collins, Le Fanu and Others, p. 158, etc. Sullivan, Elegant Nightmares, p. 36. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 261. Bleiler (1948), p. 177. Hubin (1994), p. 493].

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1975. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 4288 copies printed. Although it bears the same title, this book is not a reprint of the 1880 British three-decker. This collection was compiled by Derleth to be a companion volume to Arkham House's GREEN TEA AND OTHER GHOST STORIES (1945), this book collects the lesser tales and attributions. "The Night in the Bell Inn" has since been attributed to Henry Ferris.

Dublin: The Swan River Press, 2014. Octavo, pictorial boards. First edition. Limited to 300 copies. Collects two stories as first printed in Dublin University Magazine, "The Watcher" and "The Fatal Bride." Introduction and notes by Matthew Holness.