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. Spine panel a bit color faded, mild wear to spine ends and corner tips, small owner's label affixed to title page, some mild foxing to early and terminal leaves, several leaves with some edge wear from being roughly opened (likely uncut at the time). This copy has bright gilt to the spine and little overall wear, the foxing is fairly minor, an above average copy, nearly fine. (18676). Item #18676
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