SLEEP NO MORE.Introduction by Christopher Roden and an Afterword by Hugh Lamb.
Penyffordd, Chester: Ash-Tree Press, 1996. Octavo, cloth. Enlarged edition. Limited to 400 copies. A reprint of the 1948 edition with two new stories, The Shouting and The House of Vengeance, both written after the publication of SLEEP NO MORE, and Rolt's 1956 essay, The Passing of the Ghost Story, a new introduction by Christopher Roden, and an afterword by Hugh Lamb. Supernatural tales, traditional in theme and treatment, somewhat after the manner of M. R. James. An exceptionally original collection of ghost stories ... Rolt had the special talent of combining folkloric spontaneity with artful sophistication. - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 355. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 156. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-170. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1415. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Fine in a fine dust jacket. (11373). Item #11373
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