Seller: George Jeffery Books, HERTFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Limited to 400 numbered copies. Book measures 21x13.5.cm. xx,168,[4]pp. Bound in original publishers blue cloth, with gilt lettering. Binding in near fine condition. Dust jacket in near fine condition. Internally, pages clean and bright throughout. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 015674
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Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. Limited edition, copy 115/400 numbered copies. A fine fresh copy in like dust wrapper. Reprint of the 1948 collection with two additional stories not included in the original plus a new 12-page introduction by Christopher Roden, a three-page afterword by Hugh Lamb (''L. T. C. Rolt And Two Ghost Stories''), and an essay by the author ''The Passing Of The Ghost Story''. Seller Inventory # 26-2 CB ash tree Rolt BB
Seller: Ziesings, Shingletown, CA, U.S.A.
Paul Lowe (illustrator). Penyffordd: Ash-Tree Press:, 1996. Hardcover, Numbered, Limited edition, Near Fine in Fine dust jacket, 168 pp. Cover artwork by: Paul Lowe This edition limited to 400 numbered copies. Head lightly dusted. T Hardcover, Numbered, Limited edition, Near Fine in Fine dust jacket, Seller Inventory # 55973
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Octavo, cloth. Enlarged edition. One of 400 numbered 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. Rolt has a distinctive flair, however, for the uncanny imagery, particularly in an industrial setting; 'The Mine' and 'Hawley Bank Foundry' demonstrate this to good effect." - Robert Knowlton. "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). A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#144465). Seller Inventory # 144465
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition thus. Number 360 of 400 numbered copies. Originally published in 1948 by Constable, London. Collects fifteen of Rolt's stories. Introduction by Christopher Roden. Afterword by Hugh Lamb. Cover illustration by Paul Lowe. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. Appears as new and unread. Seller Inventory # 055951