The Ghost Pirates

Hodgson (William Hope)

Published by Stanley Paul, London, 1909

About this Item

First edition. 8vo. Original (variant) blue cloth. Internally good, this copy without adverts; covers with edge wear, damage to head of spine, spine slightly dulled and scratched. Frontispiece by Sidney H. Sime. A key work in Hope Hodgson's canon, here in a seemingly unknown variant binding (the normal is red cloth, with green also being recorded). The tale recounts a ship crew's strange & terrifying experience as their reality comes into contact with an alternative, darker mirror world. Bleiler was a huge fan of Hope Hodgson, calling his novels "visionary accounts that have no real parallels in English literature". Of this particular title he noted: "One of the great sea novels. highly original in detail and well done. Although it is overshadowed as visionary horror by the more spectacular The House on the Borderland and The Night Land, as a work of art, it is finer." (The Guide to Supernatural Fiction). A revised version of the ending was anthologised, under the title "The Silent Ship". Bleiler. Seller Inventory # 84170

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Ghost Pirates

Publisher: Stanley Paul, London

Publication Date: 1909

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust-jacket: N

Signed: Signed: N

Edition: First edition: Y.