Fantastic Literature

FALLING INTO HEAVEN - signed, dated dedication copy

Maynard L H & Sims M P N · 2004

£47.95 (€57.48 | $63.35 | ¥10,116)

Sarob Press 1st edition, SIGNED, dated, dedication copy. Falling Into Heaven is a collection of short stories. Ghosts, demons and the fears and dreads that cannot be explained. fine hardcover copy, Gerlad Gaunert covers, no dustwrapper as issued

NIGHT SHIVERS

Riddell J H · 2008

£9.95 (€11.93 | $13.15 | ¥2,099)

Wordsworth 1st printing. Night Shivers presents a treasure trove of the stories of Mrs J. H. Riddell, one of the greatest Victorian writers of ghost stories. These tales, many of which have been out of print for years, take the reader on fearful journeys very good b-format pap...

VOODOO TALES: The Ghost Stories of Henry S Whitehead

Whitehead Henry S · 2012

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,732)

Wordsworth 1st printing. Supernatural stories of Voodoo written by an Episcopalian priest who served as the Archdeacon for the Virgin Islands in the West Indies from 1921 to 1929 fine b-format paperback, Nathan Clair cover

THE OUTCAST: And Other Dark Tales

Ashley Mike (Editor) · 2020

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

British Library 1st edition. E F Benson’s "spook stories" pushed the boundaries of the ghost story tradition by exploring new, previously "out of bounds" settings—such as public transport and even hauntings by daylight fine b-format paperback, Mauricio Villamayor cover

EERIE EAST ANGLIA: Fearful Tales of Field and Fen

Parnell Edward (Editor) · 2024

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

British Library 1st edition. A land of mind-stretching expanses, wide, yawning skies and the disorientating landscapes of the tidal fens, East Anglia has inspired a wide range of writers in the field of weird and uncanny fiction. fine b-format paperback, Mauricio Villamayor cover

THE GHOST SLAYERS: Thrilling Tales of Occult Detection

Ashley Mike (Editor) · 2022

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

British Library 1st edition. Occult or psychic detective tales have been chilling readers for almost as long as there have been ghost stories. This beguiling subgenre follows specialists in occult lore – often with years of arcane training fine b-format paperback, Mauricio Vil...

CIRCLES OF STONES: Weird Tales of Pagan Sites and Ancient Rites

Soar katy (editor) · 2023

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

British Library 1st edition. Assembled here in tribute to these relics of a lost age are accounts of terrifying spirits haunting Stonehenge itself, stories of awful fates for those who impose modernity on the sacred sites and grim tales fine b-format paperback, Mauricio Villam...

DEADLY DOLLS: Midnight Tales of Uncanny Playthings

Dearnley Elizabeth (editor) · 2024

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

British Library 1st edition. In this collection of fourteen tales harking from 1817 to 2022, Elizabeth Dearnley presents a sinister troupe of unsettling playthings fine b-format paperback, Mauricio Villamayor cover

ROADS OF DESTINY: And Other Tales of Alternative Histories and Parallel Realm

Richmond Alasdair (editor) · 2023

£11.95 (€14.32 | $15.79 | ¥2,521)

British Library 1st edition. This new collection brings together tales of strange parallel destinies, unexplored forks in humanity’s history, twisted pocket dimensions and forays into unsettling regions of Dark Fantasy. fine b-format paperback, Mauricio Villamayor cover

THE UNDEAD

Dickie james (Editor) · 1973

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,732)

Pan 1st printing. This is a literary collection of horror stories all dealing with vampires. Most of the stories are around a century old, some older, some newer. very good paperback

THE 11th BOOK OF GREAT GHOST STORIES

Chetwynd-Hayes R (Editor) · 1978

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,732)

Fontana not 1st printing. First issued in 1975, this is one of the best collections in the Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories - with ninetten great tales near very good paperback

THE VAMPIRE

Vadim Roger · 1984

£6.95 (€8.33 | $9.18 | ¥1,466)

Pan Books not 1st printing. A collection of stories, both fact and fiction, about the mysterious blood-sucking beings who have haunted history and literature for centuries. near very good paperback

THE FACE IN THE GLASS

Braddon Mary Elizabeth · 2019

£14.95 (€17.92 | $19.75 | ¥3,154)

British Library 1st printing. The Face in the Glass is the first selection of Mary Elizabeth Braddon's supernatural short stories to be widely available in more than 100 years. fine b-format paperback, Mauricio Villamoyor cover

THE WAYFARER'S WEIRD: Wild Tales of Uncanny Rambles

Walk weird (editor) · 2025

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

British Library 1st printing. Featuring disorientating classics from John Buchan and Algernon Blackwood alongside modern, thrilling (and sometimes violent) warnings to the intrepid from Lisa Tuttle and Dorothy K. Haynes fine b-format paperback, Mauricio Villamoyor cover

DANSE MACABRE - Strange Stories from France

Ashley Mike (editor) · 2026

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

British Library 1st printing. One of my favourite instalments of this series every, I think (and I have read nearly all!) It offers a great variety of truly excellent stories in terms of themes, execution and length. fine b-format paperback, Mauricio Villamoyor cover

THE TIGER SKIN: And Other Tales of the Uneasy by Violet Hunt

Edmundson Melissa (editor) · 2025

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

British Library 1st printing. At times utterly chilling, startlingly bleak and darkly comic, this new edition also includes Hunt’s rare and revised novella version of the beguiling title story, ‘The Tiger Skin’. fine b-format paperback, Mauricio Villamoyor cover

SUMMONED TO THE SEANCE: Spirit Tales from Beyond the Veil

Vincent Emily (editor) · 2018

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

British Library 1st printing. In this haunting new collection, Emily Vincent presents fourteen chilling classics and lost gems of séance fiction which evoke the most thrilling and thought-provoking aspects of the popular Victorian movement of spiritualism. fine b-format paperb...

GLIMPSES OF THE UNKNOWN: Lost Ghost Stories

Ashley Mike (editor) · 2018

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

British Library 1st printing. From the vaults of the British Library comes a new anthology celebrating the best works of forgotten, never since republished, supernatural fiction from the early 20th century. fine b-format paperback, Mauricio Villamoyor cover

THE BISHOP OF HELL and Other Stories

Bowen Marjorie · 2006

£13.95 (€16.72 | $18.43 | ¥2,943)

Wordsworth 1st printing. Their mastery of detail, sureness of expression and acute reading of human nature give them a sinister force, which is realistic and unnerving, yet at the same time tinged with pity and compassion. near fine b-format paperback

THE POWER OF DARKNESS - TALES OF TERROR

Nesbit Edith · 2006

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,732)

Wordsworth 1st printing. Edith Nesbit, best known as the author of The Railway Children and other children's classics, was also the mistress of the ghost story and tales of terror. near fine b-format paperback