Ghost Stories
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Haunted House and Other Short Stories
by Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf’s intention to publish her short stories is carried out in this volume, posthumously collected by her husband, Leonard Woolf. Containing six of eight stories from Monday or Tuesday, seven that appeared in magazines, and five other stories, the book makes available Virginia Woolf’s shorter works of fiction. Foreword by Leonard Woolf.
Ghost Stories Books & Ephemera
Civil War Ghosts
by Michelle Hamilton
From back cover: "While the War Between the States raged, the country's spirits were restless... Civil War Ghosts takes a look inside real ghost stories reported at the time of the Civil War. Covering each year from 1860-1865, explore real newspaper articles that weren't afraid to write about paranormal activity happening throughout the country during a time of national upheaval. Civil War Ghosts is a unique supernatural look at America while the states battled each other." New book in New condition....
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SGD 30.29
Encyclopedia of Ghosts
by Cohen, Daniel
Dorset Pr. Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0880294442 . Good overall condition. General wear. No major blemishes. No writing, other than brief inscription on first blank page. ; 307 pages .
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SGD 27.53
Complete Ghost Stories
by Dickens, Charles Carabine, Dr Keith (Series Editor)
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Reprint.* Impression: 9th.* Date of Publication: 2009 (1997)* Publisher: Wordsworth Classics.* Binding and cover condition: Coloured illustration to soft card covers (different to the stock photo) showing Ebeneezer Scrooge on his knees in a churchyard facing an apparition. No bumps or rubs, small dent to front cover, minimal shelf wear & a single slight crease to spine, none to hinge. Seems lightly used. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean,...
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SGD 5.96
The Sledding Hill
by Crutcher, Chris
New York: Greenwillow, 2005. 4th Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good +. The interior of the book is crisp and clean. The author has signed his name and the date on the title page, but there are no other marks or wear. The blue covers are fresh, again showing no wear. There is a small red remainder mark on the bottom of the text block, but this is the only flaw. The dust jacket is not clipped, and looks new. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: Fourteen-year old Eddie Profitt...
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SGD 27.54
Hollywood Haunted : A Ghostly Tour of Filmland
by Laurie Jacobson; Marc Wanamaker
Angel City Press, 1999. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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SGD 8.65
Midnight Ghost
by Emma Fischel
Midnight Ghost E.D.C. Publishing 1992 1st American edition 48pp Fine as New unread copy bx291
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SGD 11.02
A Christmas Carol
by Dickens, Charles; Abridged By Vivian French; Illustrated By Patrick Benson
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good +. The interior of the book is crisp and clean. There is a gift inscription to a former owner on the half title page, but no other marks or wear. The burgundy covers are fresh. The gilt spine lettering is still bright. The dust jacket is not price-clipped and is in excellent condition. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover, and looks great. Description: The editor "shortened Charles Dickens's...
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SGD 20.66
Uncanny Tales
by F. Marion Crawford
London: Ernest Benn LTD, 1930. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4.5". None. A collection of the horror and supernatural short stories of F. Marion Crawford, a collection including seven of his most popular stories. A 1930 reprint for Benn's Essex Library, the series was edited by Edward G. Hawke.Weird and eerie short stories by F. Marion Crawford, including seven stories.This collection includes 'The Dead Smile', 'The Screaming Skull', 'Man Overboard!', 'For the Blood is the Life', 'The Upper Berth',...
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SGD 207.19
They
by Rudyard Kipling
London: Macmillan and Co., 1905. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 6". F. H. Townsend. The first edition of Kipling's story to be published separately from 'Traffics and Discoveries', with illustrations by F. H. Townsend. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front board. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and fourteen colour plates. Collated, complete. Kipling's semi-autobiographical story concerning grief and ghost...
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SGD 189.93
The Connoisseur and Other Stories
by Walter De La Mare
London: W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd, 1926. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6". None. A singed limited edition of this collection of short stories by the notable author Walter de la Mare. First limited edition of this work. Limited to 250 copies. Signed by Walter de la Mare to limitation page. Number 122. Textblock is unopened. A collection of nine short stories, including 'Mr. Kempe', 'Missing', 'The Connoisseur', 'Disillusioned', 'The Nap', 'Pretty Poll', 'All Hallows',...
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SGD 302.16SGD 271.94
Humorous Ghost Stories
by Dorothy Scarborough
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, the Knickerbocker Press, 1921. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. A brilliant collection of ghost stories, including Wilde's 'The Canterville Ghost', Irving's 'The Specter Bridegroom' and Gautier's 'The Mummy's Foot'. This is a collection of ghostly tales by a variety of authors.Also containing short ghost stories by Gelett Burgess, Eden Phillpotts, Ellis Parker Butler, Frank R. Stockton, Brander Matthews and Richard Middleton.Edited by Dorothy Scarborough...
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SGD 241.72SGD 217.55
Kai Lung Beneath The Mulberry-Tree
by Ernest Bramah
London : The Richards Press, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 5". none . A charming first edition collection of Ernest Bramah's fantasy stories from the ancient story teller Kai Lung. Kai Lung Beneath The Mulberry-Tree is a collection of fantasy stories by Ernest Bramah who was an English writer. The stories feature Kai Lung a story-teller of Ancient China and Bramah wrote a series of books featuring him. The title comes from how Kai Lung would tell his stories, sat underneath a mulberry...
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SGD 77.70
The Lady of the Shroud
by Bram Stoker
London: William Rider and Son, Ltd., 1909. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. An early edition of Bram Stoker's epistolary novel, bound in the publisher's cloth. An epistolary novel in the same style as 'Dracula', this novel follows Rupert after inheriting his uncle's estate; however, the terms require that he live in his uncle's castle for a year.An early edition, published the same year as the true first, which was published by Heinemann. Written by Bram Stoker, an Irish author best known for his...
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SGD 474.82SGD 427.33
Nouveaux Contes Cruels
by Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle Adam
Paris: A La Librairie Illustree, 1888. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 6" by 4". None. A first edition of this collection of horror tales by French symbolist author Auguste de Villiers. An important collection of horror stories, which pioneered the short story genre conte cruel. This genre of writing was adopted by Charles Birkin, Maurice Level and Roald Dahl. Scarce in the original wraps. This first edition is undated as called for. In the original French. Villiers' typically wrote in a...
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SGD 1,199.99SGD 1,079.99
Ghosts Along the Bayou, Tales of Hauntings in Southwestern Louisiana
by Word, Christine
Word Press. Very Good. 1997. Hardcover. Book is clean and tight. Corners and ends of spine are bumped and shelf worn. Dust jacket has chips missing on top and bottom of spine. Small tears at top of front and back jacket. I had a lot of fun reading the stories of places I had been in Louisiana. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 146 pages .
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SGD 48.20
Midnight Tales
by Bram Stoker
London : Peter Owen , 1990. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". none . A chilling first edition collection of short horror stories by a master of the genre, Bram Stoker. This is a first Peter Owen Edition of Bram Stoker's Midnight Tales, edited and with an introduction by Peter Haining. Bram Stoker was an Irish author, celebrated for his Gothic horror tale Dracula with Stoker being an early master of the horror genre.Some of the short stories in this collection had not been...
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SGD 138.13
Poltergeists
by Sitwell, Sacheverell
University Books, 1959, New York, 8vo.; 418. Re-print edition; first published ca. 1830.
book fine save for two lower bumped corners. Unclipped pristine jacket is fine save for fading on spine. This book truly has that "looks as if it was printed yesterday" appearance- from the white paper, to the bright green cloth binding and especially to the lovely textured wrapper- bellissima!! I only wish I look as good when I reach "65"!!
Inv. # 63612 PFF* bds 7/2023
book fine save for two lower bumped corners. Unclipped pristine jacket is fine save for fading on spine. This book truly has that "looks as if it was printed yesterday" appearance- from the white paper, to the bright green cloth binding and especially to the lovely textured wrapper- bellissima!! I only wish I look as good when I reach "65"!!
Inv. # 63612 PFF* bds 7/2023
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SGD 41.31
Bagage Grec
by Andre Fraigneau
Paris : La Table Ronde, 1945 . First edition. Unbound. Very Good Indeed. 13" by 10". Francois Salvat. A beautiful limited edition copy of Bagage Grec, richly illustrated in colour by Francois Salvat. This beautiful book of Grec Bagage has three shorter stories within it Espace Grec, Les Portes D'Arcadie, Le Point De Vue Du Mionotaure and Carnets De Guillaume Fracoeur. This is a limited edition print and number 51 of 200 printed on Mont Golfier Papeteries. Including twelve colour lithographs and...
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SGD 198.56
Great Australian Ghost Stories
by Davis, Richard
Sydney: ABC Books. 2012. Very Good condition - Card Covers. 282 pages. A wide cross section of ghosts covering two centuries of Australian history. . Reprint. Trade Paperback.
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SGD 22.61
Doctor Nikola
by Guy Boothby
London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited., c1896. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Stanley L. Wood. The first book in Guy Boothby's thrilling Dr Nikola series. A scarce early edition of the first book from the Dr Nikola series. Undated. Dated by copies held at the British Library. In the publisher's original cloth. Variant binding, without motif to front board. Frontispiece, 16 plates and numerous vignettes by Stanley L. Wood. Collated complete. This work of gripping fiction is written by...
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SGD 138.13
Miss Ghost
by Arthur, Ruth M
New York: Atheneum, 1979. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. This is a stated first edition. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The blue covers are fresh, with just a touch of wear at the top and bottom of the spine. The dust jacket is price-clipped, but is otherwise in excellent condition, with very minor wear. Synopsis: Elphie is devastated when her mother left home for good, taking her brother Edward along, and when her father sank into a depression and...
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SGD 68.85
Mysteries of Asia
by The Sheikh A. Abdullah (Achmed Abdullah)
London: Phillip Allan & Co., Ltd , 1935. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7" by 5". None . A very scarce collection of short chilling stories set across Asia, written as part of a popular series by various authors. A first edition, very scarce copy.In the publisher's original cloth blinding. Mysteries of Asia is a collection of fifteen horror stories based in exotic settings, each with its own selection of unique characters and gripping storylines. The author, Achmed Abdullah, is most notable for his...
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SGD 129.50
Children of the Wind A Novel of the Imagination
by Burgess Drake
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. Philadelphia. 1954 First US edition. "The secrets of a strange household through the eyes of two unseen children". Locke [A Spectrum of Fantasy, page 72 under the HUSH-A-BY-BABY title "Unusual ghost story, of a woman haunted by the spirits of her two unborn children, who died during a miscarriage"]. Tuck [The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, page 148 "Told by a child poltergeist who has a twin sister, both 'kindled' into being by the childless...
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SGD 48.20
Poltergeists : fact or fancy ; an introduction and examination followed by chosen instances
by Sitwell, Sacheverell
New York : Dorset Press, 1988. New edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked, cloth-backed paper-covered boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical Description: 419 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Esprits frappeurs; Poltergeists; Supernatural; Paranormal; Ghosts; England History, Poltergeist Phenomena.
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SGD 47.84
