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London: Ghost Story Press, 1993. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. King, Andrew. No. 188 of 250 copies, large octavo size, 378 pp. From the Foreword: "The Ghost Story Press is now pleased to publish 'Fear Walks the Night' in its entirety for the first time, including a dozn stories never seen in print before, together with Cowles's earlier two rare collections...." Of the author, the Foreword tells us that "Frederick Ignatius Cowles was born in Cambridge on 15 April 1900. While working at Trinity College Library, he became a devout bibliophile and antiquary with special interests in folklore and local history..." Cowles would travel England and give lectures on local history, particularly when associated with the occult. "It was not difficult for Cowles to embellish and transform some of these blood-curdling tales into imaginative fiction..." (Ibid). Included in this volume are two of his collections of ghost stories, "The Horror of Abbot's Grange" (published in 1936) and "The Night Wind… Read More

[London]: Ghost Story Press, 1993. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (30484). Octavo, boards. One of 250 numbered copies. Collects the unpublished collection, Fear Walks the Night as well as two previously published collections, The Night Winds Howl and The Horror of Abbot's Grange. Foreword by Richard Dalby.