paperback. Condition: Good.
Seller: The Parnassus BookShop, Newport, WA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Bright and clean purple cover with line illustration by Phiz (1815-92), design by Jeff A. Menges. Slight wear to corners and spine heel, no creasing; soundly bound, square. Pages lightly toned, clean and free from any markings. This unique collection gathers together 21 of these Victorian-era spine-tinglers-outstanding but neglected stories from that time period--the black comedy of Ambrose Bierce in the title story; "The Ship that Saw a Ghost" , a seafaring mystery by Frank Norris; "The Tomb", Guy de Maupassant's grotesque account of one man's incurable longing for his deceased lover; --and 18 more delightful scary stories. Unabridged Dover (2001) republication of "Victorian Nightmares", originally published by Taplinger Publishing Co, New York, 1977. Editor's Foreword. 224 pages. 8.25 x 5.2 inches.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Very light wear in like jacket. See photos.
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 339 pages. 7.50x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.
paperback. Condition: Very Good. Orders shipped daily from the UK. Professional seller.
Published by Dover Publications, 2004
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First printing. 5 1/4" x 8 1/2" trade paperback bound in pictorial wrappers. Fine condition. Includes stories by Ambrose Bierce, Guy Boothby, Richard Marsh, and others.
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 476 pages. 7.75x5.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.
Language: English
Published by Taplinger Publishing Company, New York, 1978
ISBN 10: 0800816862 ISBN 13: 9780800816865
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: ILAB
First Edition
Octavo, cloth. First edition, U.S. issue. Original anthology collecting fifteen stories by Ramsey Campbell (two contributions), Brian Lumley, Robert Aickman, John Blackburn, Charles Birkin, and others. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-277. Mild tanning to pulpy text paper, a very good copy in very good dust jacket priced $8.95 on the front flap with small internal damp stains along lower edge and a bit of spotting and wrinkling. Nevertheless, presents well overall. (#176677).
Language: English
Published by Taplinger Publishing Company, New York, 1976
ISBN 10: 0800875591 ISBN 13: 9780800875596
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: ILAB
First Edition
Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. Collects fourteen stories by Robert Barr, Grant Allen, Andrew Lang, Fitz-James O'Brien, Dick Donovan, and others. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 2-55 and 3-135. Bookstore sticker on front free endpaper, a very good copy in very good dust jacket with 20 mm closed tear at top edge of rear spine fold. (#175418).
Language: English
Published by Taplinger Publishing Company, New York, 1976
ISBN 10: 0800875494 ISBN 13: 9780800875497
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: ILAB
First Edition
Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. Collects thirteen stories by William Hope Hodgson, John Blackburn, E. H. Visiak, and others. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-279. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with mild creases at spine ends. (#140620).
Seller: Fantastic Literature Limited, Rayleigh, ESSEX, United Kingdom
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: very good b-format paperback, 1st printing. Bernard Capes (1854û1918) was one of the most original and imaginative writers of his day, and yet within a decade of his death his work was virtually forgotten.
Seller: Threescore Years and Ten, Calmar, AB, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Language: English
Published by Taplinger Pub Co, New York, 1976
ISBN 10: 0800875591 ISBN 13: 9780800875596
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has a couple of small edge tears, and some light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. Stories include: Purification by Robert Barr, The Beckoning Hand by Grant Allen, Nothing But the Truth by Rhoda Broughton, The Haunted House of Paddington by Charles Ollier, A Dreadful Night by Edwin Lester Arnold, The House of Strange Stories by Andrew Lang, and more.
Language: English
Published by Taplinger Publishing Company, New York, 1977
ISBN 10: 0800879848 ISBN 13: 9780800879846
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Bob Haberfield(Cover Artist) Hugh Lamb(Editor) (illustrator). First Edition. Victorian Nightmares by Hugh Lamb (First U.S. Edition) A firm square copy. Very minor wear to corners. Age-toning to pages. Not price-clipped. A bright pictorial jacket. In clear protective cover. First published in the United States 1977, stated. Burgundy boards with gilt lettering; 224 pp. Lamb's third collection of Victorian tales by a variety of authors. BOOK.
Language: English
Published by Taplinger Publishing Company, New York, 1976
ISBN 10: 0800875591 ISBN 13: 9780800875596
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hugh Lamb(Editor) Rus Anderson(Cover Artist) (illustrator). First Edition. Terror by Gaslight by Hugh Lamb (First U.S. Edition) A firm square copy. Very minor wear to spine edges. Pages age-toned. Not price-clipped. A bright wraparound pictorial jacket. Minor wear to edges. In clear protective cover. First published 1976, stated. Black boards with orange lettering; 222 pp. Collection of Victorian horror tales by Robert Barr, Grant Allen, Dick Donovan, Rhoda Broughton, and many more. Edited by Hugh Lamb. BOOK.
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 407 pages. 7.75x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.
Published by equation, 1989
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. first edition. fine, unread, trade paperback,
Published by Taplinger, New York, 1976
Seller: Robert Eldridge, Bookseller, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Lamb, Hugh (editor). Terror by Gaslight. New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, [1976]. First U.S. edition. Octavo, 222 pp. Original black cloth, spine panel stamped in red. Light foxing to top edge and endpapers, acidic text block browning; aside from the endemic flaws of this cheaply produced book, a nice copy in a very good pictorial dust jacket with light rubbing to spine ends and a short crease on rear panel. #1458A. $25. Collects 14 Victorian weird tales plus a two-page introduction by Lamb. His fifth collection.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Patterned boards, navy cloth spine; light edgewear, rubbing to spine ends and fore-edge corners. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket scuffed and lightly edgeworn; dampstained behind spine foot (no aesthetic effect on DJ exterior). Staining to interior at the foot of the gutter, at first and last few pages; interior else clean, pages tanned, text unmarked.
Seller: The Secret Book and Record Store, Dublin, DUB, Ireland
Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Signed by Hugh Lamb. Solidly bound, though shows some signs of wear: corners and edges of spine bumped, edges worn, small crease on bottom of front cover, back cover scuffed. Page 193-4 dogeared. Signed by Author(s).
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hugh Lamb(Editor) (illustrator). First Edition. The Best Tales of Terror of Erckmann-Chatrian by Hugh Lamb (First Edition) A firm square copy. Very minor wear to upper spine edge and one corner. Not price-clipped. A bright pictorial cover. Red title fading from spine. In clear protective cover. First published in Great Britain in 1981, stated. Copyright 1981. Blue boards with gilt lettering. 263 pp. Includes ten stories selected by Hugh Lamb. BOOK.
paperback. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UNCOMMON TRUE FIRST EDITION! VG+/VG+ 8vo, brown cloth with some light foxing on top edge. No markings internally though at TOC page there is some separation at lower fourth(see image). Unclipped wrapper has some chafing and two or three small nicks or chips. It's nice to see one of these period Allen jackets unsoiled on the reverse. Binding is tight; book is clean, square & tidy.Inv. # 63916 TTOH 2/2025 207 pp.
Language: English
Published by Taplinger Publishing Company, New York, 1977
ISBN 10: 0800867823 ISBN 13: 9780800867829
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: ILAB
First Edition
Octavo, boards. First edition, U.S. issue. Collects twenty stories by H. R. Wakefield, R. Murray Gilchrist, L. A. Lewis, John Blackburn, Frederick Cowles, Eleanor Scott, and others. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-278. Pulpy text paper tanned, a fine copy in fine dust jacket priced $7.95 on the front flap. (#176680).
Language: English
Published by Ash-Tree Press, Ashcroft, British Columbia, 2000
ISBN 10: 1553100050 ISBN 13: 9781553100058
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Fine dust jacket. First Thus. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 223pp. Red cloth in dust jacket. Originally published in 1988, this first Ash-Tree printing limited to 500 copies done in 2000 and expanded with 7 additional stories for a totla of 21. The boards are cocked.
Language: English
Published by Taplinger Publishing Company, New York, 1975
ISBN 10: 0800879864 ISBN 13: 9780800879860
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. An original anthology collecting fifteen stories by M.P. Shiel, Charles Dickens, Guy Boothby, Guy de Maupassant, Ambrose Bierce, J. Sheridan le Fanu, and others. Fine in near fine, bright dust jacket.
Language: English
Published by Taplinger Publishing Company, New York, 1976
ISBN 10: 0800875591 ISBN 13: 9780800875596
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: ILAB
First Edition
Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. Collects fourteen stories by Robert Barr, Grant Allen, Andrew Lang, Fitz-James O'Brien, Dick Donovan, and others. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 2-55 and 3-135. A fine copy in fine dust jacket priced $8.95 on the front flap. (#178394).
Language: English
Published by Eyre Methuen, [London], 1978
ISBN 10: 0413454509 ISBN 13: 9780413454508
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: ILAB
First Edition Signed
Small octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Lamb. The scarce hardbound issue, a bind-up in boards of paperback sheets, produced for the British library market. Collects twelve stories by Frederick Cowles, Barry Pain, Lafcadio Hearn, Bernard Capes, E. F. Benson, William Hope Hodgson, and others. Text block darkened (printed on cheap pulp paper), a bit of offset from jacket flap ghosting on endpapers, a fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with light internal foxing (no show through) and 15 mm closed tear at bottom edge of front panel. The hardbound issue is very uncommon. (#152372). Signed.