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THE EVIL GUEST ...
London: Downey & Co., n.d., [1895]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-238 [239-240: ads] + 1-2 [3-6]: ads dated "March, 1895" on page [1] [7-8: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], 30 illustrations, some full page, by Brinsley Le Fanu, original pictorial green cloth, front panel stamped in gold and black, spine panel stamped in gold, publisher's monogram on rear panel stamped in black, black coated endpapers, t.e.g. First separate edition. This was the fourth story in Le Fanu's rare collection GHOST STORIES AND TALES OF MYSTERY (1851), an extension of "Some Account of the Latter Days of the Hon. Richard Marston of Dunoran" from THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE, 1848, and the intermediate form of A LOST NAME (1867-1868). There are some omissions and variations from the original text. "'The Evil Guest' was the most gory of Le Fanu's tales, a melancholy romance brimming with bloodshed and pain." - Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 2-60. Bleiler (1948), p. 177. Hubin (1994), p. 492.
THE HOUSE BY THE CHURCH-YARD ...
New York: Stein and Day Publishers, [1968]. Octavo, cloth. Later edition. New introduction by Elizabeth Bowen. 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 pages of the novel are crimsoned in gore with seasonings of hauntings, apparitions, and brooding menace. There are connoisseurs of the ghostly who put it first among Le Fanu's works." - Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 2-61. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 115. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 2-49. 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. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Hubin (1994), p. 493.
THE HOUSE BY THE CHURCH-YARD; A NOVEL ...
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). 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.
THE PURCELL PAPERS.
Sauk City: 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.
THE PURCELL PAPERS.
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.
THE PURCELL PAPERS.
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.