Nine Ghosts by Malden (38 results)

Condition: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A parish register, a weathered inscription or a disturbed grave may hold more than a fragment of local history. Across nine independent supernatural tales, visitors, clergymen, antiquarians and householders pursue apparitions and uncanny disturbances through rural villages, country houses, rectories and churchyards. Each inquiry begins with evidence that seems open to rational examination, yet the deeper the search reaches, the less securely reason can account for what has been uncovered. Letters, manuscripts, recollections and newspaper cuttings lend these ghost stories the texture of testimony assembled after troubling events. Family papers, portraits and monumental brasses become clues to histories shaped by witchcraft, necromancy, curses and suspected dealings with malign powers. From ruined chapels and marshes to coastal settlements and the countryside near Cambridge, place is never merely a backdrop: old customs, improper burials and local traditions continue to exert their influence long after their origins have been obscured. The collection's antiquarian method makes every document potentially revealing and every gap in the record equally unsettling. Its haunting investigations turn on the ambiguity of evidence: whether an account should be trusted, whether a coincidence can remain one, and whether the past has truly relinquished its claim upon the present. These are gothic mysteries in which curiosity carries consequences, and the attempt to explain an apparition may bring the investigator dangerously close to the forces behind it. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A parish register, a weathered inscription or a disturbed grave may hold more than a fragment of local history. Across nine independent supernatural tales, visitors, clergymen, antiquarians and householders pursue apparitions and uncanny disturbances through rural villages, country houses, rectories and churchyards. Each inquiry begins with evidence that seems open to rational examination, yet the deeper the search reaches, the less securely reason can account for what has been uncovered. Letters, manuscripts, recollections and newspaper cuttings lend these ghost stories the texture of testimony assembled after troubling events. Family papers, portraits and monumental brasses become clues to histories shaped by witchcraft, necromancy, curses and suspected dealings with malign powers. From ruined chapels and marshes to coastal settlements and the countryside near Cambridge, place is never merely a backdrop: old customs, improper burials and local traditions continue to exert their influence long after their origins have been obscured. The collection's antiquarian method makes every document potentially revealing and every gap in the record equally unsettling. Its haunting investigations turn on the ambiguity of evidence: whether an account should be trusted, whether a coincidence can remain one, and whether the past has truly relinquished its claim upon the present. These are gothic mysteries in which curiosity carries consequences, and the attempt to explain an apparition may bring the investigator dangerously close to the forces behind it. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 116 2:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 116.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 116.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Not specified. Third printing, 1947. Ghost stories in the tradition of M.R. James. Malden was a member of the small circle of friends who heard James read his ghost stories aloud at Christmas. A near fine book in lightly worn jacket, with 6/- price intact on front flap.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited edition of 300 numbered copies for sale. The stories in Nine Ghosts, Malden's only collection of supernatural fiction, were intended as a tribute to James's memory. In the half-century that has elapsed since the book's first publication, however, Malden has emerged as more than merely an imitator of M R James's style, and is now regarded as one of the finest ghost story writers of the century. FINE in a FINE dust wrapper.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Malden, R. H. Nine ghosts. London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1947 second reprint. Hardback, VG, no dustjacket. Green cloth with black titles and illustration. Binding strong. Tanning to endpapers. 132pp., contents clean and bright. Richard Henry Malden, BD, (19 October 1879 - August 1951), Dean of Wells, was an Anglican churchman, editor, classical and Biblical scholar, and a writer of ghost stories. His book of stories Nine Ghosts (1942) was compiled over many years and issued as a tribute to his long friendship with the writer M R James, who had been one of the most celebrated authors in this particular genre and is an abiding influence on these tales. Nine Ghosts is a slim volume, but full of pleasures. The title is both accurate and misleading, for although there are indeed nine stories the number of ghosts varies from one to the next. In some cases the word 'ghost' may not be quite accurate. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Pages are clean, no markings from previous owners. Boards are clean and square. Binding is tight. Text block is clean. Back of dust jacket has significant soiling as shown in our photos. Jacket is clean and bright otherwise.

1st edition thus. HC in dust jacket. 1st Printing. Reprint of the 1943 Edward Arnold edition, with a new introduction by David G. Rowlands. 300 numbered copies printed, this one marked "a presentation copy". A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition thus. Number 272 of 300 numbered copies. Collects nine of Malden's stories. Introduction by David G. Rowlands. Cover illustration by Rachel A. Crittenden. Originally published in 1943 by Edward Arnold, London. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Print. This is a true first edition, First printing (First impression) with " First published 1943" to the copyright and no reprint statement. Octavo, pp. [1-6[ 7-132. Original green boards decorated in Black, tight binding, internally clean, small price to rear end page, light offsetting to the end pages. Original later state jacket is present, not price clipped, closed tears to upper and lower spine, slight chipping.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Published in 1943, this is the First Edition of this collection of ghost stories from Richard Henry Malden, this example retaining its first state dustjacket designed by Rowland Hilder, the jacket is price clipped with some browning, mildly chipped at spine ends, short edge tear and creasing with no loss to lower edge of back panel. Internally mild bubbling to pastedowns else contents in good clean condition. A nice example of the First Edition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Scarce collection of ghost stories by Malden, in the tradition of M.R. James. Malden was a member of the small circle of friends who heard James read his ghost stories aloud at Christmas, before he achieved fame. Former owner stamp to rear pastedown (mostly hidden under jacket flap), else a near fine book.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 116 9:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Case Laminate on Creme w/Gloss Lam.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 116.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 116.

Second reprint. Original turquoise cloth boards with the excellent dust-jacket, unclipped, tiny split at head of the backstrip. Off-setting to the endpapers from the jacket flaps. A fine copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Collection of Supernatural stories in the vein of M. R. James, first published in 1943 but rarely seen now. #119/300 copies. Fine in Fine jacket.

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. 1943 1st edition. Octavo. 132pp. Original teal cloth with black titles and black illustration on front. Covers slightly faded at spine and faintly faded at edges, slight cock, small mark to front, otherwise clean, near very good indeed. Ink name to endpaper. No dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First printing as noted on copyright page. Publishers light blue cloth with cover and spine titles in black, cover decoration in black (matches the dust wrapper illustration) Some wrinkling to front fixed endpaper (apparently a binding flaw) small ink name to free endpaper, VERY GOOD in the original illustrated dust wrapper with 1.5" piece lacking at base of spine and triangular piece lacking from blank area of the rear panel. Dust wrapper price 6/- net to front flap. Story collection written between 1909 and 1942 much inspired by the authors close association with M.R. James. ". fine collection of traditional antiquarian ghost stories. Unlike similar collections of the period, the book proved popular enough to be reprinted several times." SHADOWS IN THE ATTIC pg-345. Photos of any of our books supplied on request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Reprint Edition. Nine Ghosts by R.H. Malden (Reprint Edition) Firm copy with minor rubbing to corners and spine ends. Minor wear to edges and spine ends with tape at top and bottom inner spine. Not price-clipped. In clear protective cover. First edition, third printing. Stated reprinted 1947. Green cloth with black lettering; 132 pages. "Written between 1909 and 1942, these stories are avowedly in imitation of the work of M. R. James. The aesthetic is supernatural horror based on antiquarian lore. * la] COLLECTOR'S COMPANY. A Cambridge scholar, a part-time preacher, assists a rector who happens to be a profound student of Neoplatonism and thaumaturgy. The scholar witnesses a magical ceremony and later learns that the Neoplatonist was killed by the evil he evoked" (Bleiler). Joanna Dowling(Cover Artist) (illustrator). BOOK.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Nine Ghosts by R.H. Malden (First Edition) A firm copy with minor wear to spine edges and corners. Owner's name to front free endpaper; book seller's label to rear pastedown. Price-clipped. A pictorial jacket with mild wear to spine edges and flap-folds. light tanning to spine. First Edition. First published 1943, stated. Original teal cloth with black lettering and pictorial design; 132 pp. Scarce collection of 9 ghost stories by Malden, in the tradition of M.R. James. Rowland Hilder(Cover Artist) (illustrator). BOOK.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. The second impression of R. H. Malden's thrilling collection of ghost stories, inspired by the works of the author's personal friend, M. R. James. The second impression of this work, which was first published the year prior.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A thrilling collection of ghost stories by Malden, in the tradition of M.R. James. Malden was a member of the small circle of friends who heard James read his ghost stories aloud at Christmas, before his later fame was achieved.Malden was a prominent Anglican churchman, editor, classical and Biblical scholar, and a writer of ghost stories.With the inscription 'to R. Lewis' to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with a minor area of fading to front board above author's name. Ink inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper back strip age toned, with light spotting to rear wrap. Small losses of paper to back strip head and tail, with small closed tears to head and tail of folds over rear joint. Closed tear to front wrap head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A very scarce book. Slight bump to head of spine o/w a very sharp copy in a gorgeous jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Nine Ghosts by R.H. Malden (First Edition) Bright, tight copy. Minor bumping and rubbing to corners and spine ends. Slight tanning to spine. Minor wear to edges and spine ends and slight tanning to spine. Not price-clipped. 1' of tape to the top interior of the spine. In clear protective cover. First edition. Scarce collection of 9 ghost stories by Malden, in the tradition of M.R. James. Original teal cloth stamped black. Pictorial dust jacket. Rowland Hilder(Cover Artist) (illustrator). BOOK.…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some minor loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 132p. ; 19cm. Subjects: Ghost stories, English. 1 Kg.…