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MORE GREAT TALES OF HORROR.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, [1935]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] vii-xviii [xix-xx] 1-431 [432] [433-435: ads] [436: blank], original black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in green. First edition. A collection of twenty-six stories by James Hogg, W. W. Fenn, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Mrs. Catherine Crowe, Allan Cunningham, and others. Bowen "produced two anthologies of note, Great Tales of Horror (1933) and More Great Tales of Horror (1935), featuring a selection of Victorian classics, both common and elusive, as well as several translations (by the editor) from early-nineteenth-century French and German sources." - Sullivan ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 50. "A resourceful anthology for the day." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 250. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 99. Bleiler (1978), p. 28. Reginald 01703.
DARK ANN AND OTHER STORIES...
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., [1927]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-333 [334: blank] [335-342: ads] [343-344: blank], original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in light blue. First edition. Mixed collection of short fiction with several supernatural stories, including the title story, “very nicely told with a good balance of sentiment and restraint” (Bleiler) and “The Accident,” “… a neat posthumous fantasy” (Barron) and “… a skillful handling of an old theme” (Bleiler). Ashley, Who’s Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 41. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-33. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 246. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 50-1. Bleiler (1978), p. 28. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 95. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Hubin (1994), p. 90.
DARK ANN AND OTHER STORIES...
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., [1927]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-333 [334: blank] [335-342: ads] [343-344: blank], original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in light blue. First edition. Mixed collection of short fiction with several supernatural stories, including the title story, “very nicely told with a good balance of sentiment and restraint” (Bleiler) and “The Accident,” “… a neat posthumous fantasy” (Barron) and “… a skillful handling of an old theme” (Bleiler). Ashley, Who’s Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 41. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-33. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 246. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 50-1. Bleiler (1978), p. 28. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 95. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Hubin (1994), p. 90.
KECKSIES AND OTHER TWILIGHT TALES.
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, [1976]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 4391 copies printed. Collects twelve stories. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 248. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-41. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-33.
KECKSIES AND OTHER TWILIGHT TALES.
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, [1976]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 4391 copies printed. Collects twelve stories. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 248. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-41. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-33.
KECKSIES AND OTHER TWILIGHT TALES.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, [1976]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 4391 copies printed. Collects twelve stories. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 248. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-41. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-33.
THE LAST BOUQUET: SOME TWILIGHT TALES.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, [1933]. Octavo, pp.[i-iv] v [vi-viii] 1-348 [349-352: ads], original black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in green, top edge stained green. First edition. Bowen’s own selection of her best supernatural and horror stories, fourteen in all, many reprinted from earlier books that are virtually unobtainable. Five stories are first collected in this volume--"The Last Bouquet," "The Lady Clodagh," "Madam Spitfire," "The Hidden Ape," and "Elsie’s Lonely Afternoon." Regardless of the time periods in which her stories are set, Bowen’s supernatural fiction situates horror within the complex interplay among sexuality, desire, and romance. Focusing on women who find themselves at the mercy and whims of a patriarchal culture, Bowen’s protagonists are primarily repressed spinsters, abused wives, jilted lovers, and vengeful widows, characters whose frustrated passions often result in madness and violence. Highlights in THE LAST BOUQUET: SOME TWILIGHT TALES include “The Avenging of Ann Lette” (murderer brought to justice by his own astral projection), “Kecksies” (a horrific tale of rape perpetrated by a reanimated corpse), “Florence Flannery” (brilliant reworking of the demon lover theme involving a carnivorous giant fish), and “Madam Spitfire” (villainous widow’s evil plans thwarted by the ghost of her husband). Aside from being championed by Edward Wagenknecht and Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Bowen has never quite received the attention or the critical acclaim that is her due. She is one of the finest writers of supernatural fiction of the first half of the 20th century, and she belongs on the shelf beside M. R. James, Oliver Onions, and Edith Wharton. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-33. Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 131. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 50-1. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 96. Bleiler (1978), p. 28. Reginald 01702.
TWILIGHT AND OTHER SUPERNATURAL ROMANCES. Introduction by Jessica Amanda Salmonson.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 1998. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Collection of supernatural stories edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson.