Friday, 9 May 2014

Death and the Dancing Footman ~ Ngaio Marsh

I went what I call "charity shop hopping" today and bought 3 books . I can't recall the name of the first shop but it was just an old-school junk shop, full of all different tat for sale. It was rather dusty and smelly and felt grotty inside. As soon as I got home I sprayed this book with an anti-bacterial cleaning spray. Paranoid of germs, who me?

Look at the cover though:

That type! That photo! Recently I have been buying more pulp horror, so I'm sure I will enjoy this but even if I don't it won't matter as it was only 20p.

The other shop I bought from was the British Heart Foundation.


I had a feeling I already had the Ngaio Marsh one - and I did - but oh well, it was only £1!

I picked up the Monster Museum anthology because the stories were chosen by Alfred Hitchcock and I haven't read any of them, or at least I don't recall so. (The more anthologies you own, the harder it is to find ones where you haven't read half of the stories within.) It was £2. Both of these books are in mint condition. The binding is still so tight, I don't think they've ever been opened or read, which is both a shame and yet a good thing for me!


Saturday, 29 March 2014

Wordsworth Editions "Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural" check list.



For my own reference. Red ones are out of print. I recieved a reply back from Wordsworth Editions informing me that no new titles will be added to the collection. Such a shame.


Aylmer Vance: Ghost-Seer by Alice & Claude Askew✔

The Bell in the Fog & Other Stories by Gertrude Atherton✔

The Shadow on the Blind and other stories by Louisa Baldwin & Lettuce Galbraith✔

The Castle of Otranto - Nightmare Abbey - Vathek William Beckford

The Temple of Death – The Ghost Stories of A.C. & R.H. Benson✔

Night Terrors: The Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson by E.F. Benson

Terror by Night by Ambrose Bierce✔

The Charlie Chan Omnibus by Earl Derr Biggers
The Bishop of Hell & Other Stories by Marjorie Bowen✔

The Eyes of Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah

Couching at the Door by D. K. Broster✔

Not Exactly Ghosts by Sir Andrew Caldecott✔

The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers✔

The Haunted Hotel & Other Strange Stories by Wilkie Collins✔

The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins

The Witch of Prague by F. Marion Crawford

The Drug and Other Stories by Aleister Crowley✔

The Simon Iff Stories and Other Works by Aleister Crowley

Tales of Unease by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

All Saint’s Eve by Amelia B. Edwards✔

The Crimson Blind & Other Stories by H.D. Everett✔

Tales of Mystery & the Macabre by Elizabeth Gaskell✔

A Night on the Moor & Other Tales of Dread by R. Murray Gilchrist✔

The Beast With Five Fingers by W.F. Harvey✔

Oriental Ghost Stories by Lafcadio Hearn

The Casebook of Carnacki the Ghost-Finder by W.H. Hodgson✔

The Haunter of the Ring & Other Tales by Robert E. Howard

The Right Hand of Doom & Other Tales of Solomon Kane by Robert E. Howard

Ghost Stories of Henry James by Henry James✔

Collected Ghost Stories by M.R. James

Strange Tales by Rudyard Kipling

The House By The Churchyard by Sheridan Le Fanu

In a Glass Darkly by Sheridan Le Fanu ✔

Madam Crowl's Ghost & Other Stories by Sheridan Le Fanu

Uncle Silas by Sheridan Le Fanu

An Arsene Lupin Omnibus by Maurice Leblanc

The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux ✔

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

The Monk by Matthew Lewis

The Haunter of the Dark: Collected Short Stories Volume 3 by H.P. Lovecraft

The Horror in the Museum: Collected Short Stories Volume 2 byH.P. Lovecraft

The Lurking Fear: Collected Short Stories Volume 4 by H.P. Lovecraft

The Whisperer in Darkness: Collected Stories Volume I by H.P. Lovecraft

Jack the Ripper by Terry Lynch

The Beetle by Richard Marsh✔

The Power of Darkness: Tales of Terror by E. Nesbit✔

In Ghostly Company by Amyas Northcote✔

The Dead of Night: The Ghost Stories of Oliver Onions by Oliver Onions✔

Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe

The Italian by Ann Radcliffe

Night Shivers by Mrs J.H. Riddell

Sweeney Todd - The String of Pearls by James Malcolm Rymer

Varney, the Vampyre by James Malcolm Rymer✔

Bulldog Drummond: The Carl Peterson Quartet       Sapper

Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair✔

Dracula & Dracula's Guest           Bram Stoker

The Lair of the White Worm & The Lady of the Shroud      Bram Stoker

The Black Veil & Other Tales of Supernatural Sleuths by Mark Valentine✔

The Casefiles of Mr J.G.Reeder   Edgar Wallace✔

The Complete Four Just Men      Edgar Wallace

The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton     Edith Wharton✔

The Devil Rides Out by Dennis Wheatley✔

To the Devil a Daughter Dennis Wheatley✔

Voodoo Tales: The Ghost Stories of Henry S. Whitehead   Henry S. Whitehead

The Casebook of Sexton Blake 


Anthologies:

Australian Ghost Stories – Selected by James Doig✔

Children of the Night: Classic Vampire Stories

Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories

Gothic Short Stories

Irish Ghost Stories

Scottish Ghost Stories
The Werewolf Pack