Fantastic Literature

THE STRANGE STORIES OF JOHN BUCHAN

Buchan John, Machin James (editor) · 2025

£14.95 (€17.92 | $19.75 | ¥3,154)

British Library 1st edition. Though best known today as the author of The Thirty-Nine Steps, this new volume aims to foreground his contribution to the early weird tale, including some of his most classic stories alongside a number rescued from rare periodicals fine hardcover ...

BEWITCHED: The Ghostly Tales of Edith Wharton

Wharton Edith, Ashley Mike (editor) · 2025

£14.95 (€17.92 | $19.75 | ¥3,154)

British Library 1st edition. The stories include ghost stories, character studies and social dramas set in Brittany, New England, and Morocco. Along with “The Young Gentleman”, “Bewitched” shows clear Gothic leanings. fine hardcover copy, pictorial boards by Mag Ruhig

THE WHISPERERS and other stories: A Lifetime of the Supernatural

Blackwood Algernon, Ashley Mike (editor) · 2022

£14.95 (€17.92 | $19.75 | ¥3,154)

British Library 1st edition. In this collection of his most atmospheric and uneasy tales, Mike Ashley provides the facts of Blackwood’s life which inspired each story – including experiences as an intelligence agent in the First World War and adventures in New York fine hardco...

PLAYING WITH FIRE: The Weird Tales of Arthur Conan Doyle

Doyle Conan, Ashley Mike (editor) · 2021

£14.95 (€17.92 | $19.75 | ¥3,154)

British Library 1st edition. Although best known for the stories of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a remarkable number of weird and supernatural tales. fine hardcover copy, pictorial boards by Mag Ruhig

THE OPEN DOOR and Other Stories of the Seen and Unseen

Oliphant Margaret, Ashley Mike (editor) · 2022

£14.95 (€17.92 | $19.75 | ¥3,154)

British Library 1st edition. Despite being a household name during the latter half of the 19th century, few today are aware of the thrilling tales of Margaret Oliphant, and yet they are ripe for rediscovery. fine hardcover copy, pictorial boards by Mag Ruhig

UNCANNY IRELAND

Gianakiki Maria (editor) · 2024

£14.95 (€17.92 | $19.75 | ¥3,154)

British Library 1st edition. Delving into this haunting realm, Uncanny Ireland unearths twenty short tales from the past two centuries, ranging from accounts of weird folklore and rare reimagined myths to classic ghost stories and modern spectral chillers fine hardcover copy, ...

CELTIC WEIRD: Tales of Wicked Folklore and Dark Mythology

Mains Johnny (editor) · 2022

£14.95 (€17.92 | $19.75 | ¥3,154)

British Library 1st edition. In this volume, Johnny Mains dives into the archives to unearth a hoard of twenty-one enthralling tales imbued with elements of Celtic folklore, ranging from the 1820s to the 1980s and including three weird lost gems translated from Gaelic fine har...

STRANGE TALES

Kipling Rudyard · 2006

£5.95 (€7.13 | $7.86 | ¥1,255)

Wordsworth not 1st printing. This collection presents the best of these strange tales in which ghosts, monsters and inexplicable happenings abound. very good b-format paperback,

HAUNTERS AT THE HEARTH: Eerie Tales For Christmas Nights

Kirk Tanya (editor) · 2020

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

British Library 1st printing. Included within are eighteen classic stories ranging from 1864 to 1974, with vintage Victorian chillers nestled alongside unsettling modern pieces from L. P. Hartley and Mildred Clingerman fine b-format paperback, Mauricio Villamayor cover

INTO THE LONDON FOG: Eerie Tales from the Weird City

Dearnley Elizabeth (editor) · 2020

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

British Library 1st printing. This collection features notes before each story, giving readers the real-world context for these hauntings and encounters, and allowing the modern reader to seek out the sites themselves—should they dare. fine b-format paperback, Mauricio Villa...

HOLY GHOSTS: Classic Tales of the Ecclesiastical Uncanny

Snailham Fiona (editor) · 2023

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

British Library 1st printing. A host of uncanny stories published between 1855 and 1935, Holy Ghosts uncovers sacrilegious spectres and the ecclesiastically eerie. fine b-format paperback, Mauricio Villamayor cover

TERROR TALES OF LONDON

Finch Paul (editor) · 2013

£10.95 (€13.13 | $14.47 | ¥2,310)

Gray Friar 1st printing. The city of London - whose gold-paved streets are lost in choking fog and echo to the trundling of plague-carts, whose twisting back alleys ring to cries of "Murder!," whose awful tower is stained with the blood of princes and paupers alike fine b-for...

IN A DEEP, DARK DECEMBER: Five festive chillers

Finch Paul · 2020

£13.95 (€16.72 | $18.43 | ¥2,943)

Phoenix 1st printing. For your entertainment during this season of goodwill - five festive nightmares from the pen of best-selling thriller and horror author, Paul Finch. fine b-format paperback, Neil Williams cover

THE UNBURIED

Palliser Charles · 2004

£13.95 (€16.72 | $18.43 | ¥2,943)

Phoenix not 1st printing. Victorian Gothic. Palliser's writing captures the era and creates a gothic atmosphere around the village and cathedral. No doubt he is Poe influenced. fine b-format paperback

THE SIXTH BLACK BOOK OF HORROR

Black Charles (editor) · 2010

£9.95 (€11.93 | $13.15 | ¥2,099)

Mortbury Press 1st printing. The latest volume of Britain's premier horror anthology series contains 15 new tales of terror. fine b-format paperback, Paul Mudle cover

WEIRD WOODS: Tales From the Haunted Forests of Britain

Miller John (editor) · 2020

£77.95 (€93.44 | $102.98 | ¥16,445)

British Library 1st printing. Woods play a crucial and recurring role in horror, fantasy, the gothic, and the weird. They are places in which strange things happen, where it is easy to lose your way. Supernatural creatures thrive in the thickets. fine b-format paperback, Muri...

DESCENDANT

Masterton Graham · 2006

£27.95 (€33.50 | $36.93 | ¥5,897)

Severn House 1st printing. Veteran genre writer Graham Masterton gives the vampire a daring and unnerving makeover in Descendant, a novel which mixes the undead, espionage, and scares to great effect. near fine b-format paperback,

PERSONAL DEMONS

Fowler Christopher · 1998

£7.95 (€9.53 | $10.50 | ¥1,677)

Serpent's tail 1st printing. This is a marvellous collection of short fiction that wanders the spectrum between fantasy and horror. Many of these are fully invested in their UK home, which is shown with an unvarnished but loving gaze very good b-format paperback, Martin Butter...

THE TEMPLE OF DEATH: The Ghost Stories of A. C. & R. H. Benson

Benson A C & R H · 2007

£16.95 (€20.32 | $22.39 | ¥3,576)

Wordsworth 1st printing. Undeservedly, the weird and chilling ghost stories of Arthur Christopher Benson and Robert Hugh Benson have been neglected for far too long. This volume attempts to rectify that situation. near fine b-format paperback, light corner crease

THE PALEONTOLOGIST

Dumas Luke · 2023

£7.95 (€9.53 | $10.50 | ¥1,677)

Constable 1st printing. A missing girl, a dilapidated museum, a haunted palaeontologist and Covid intertwine to make a good story. fine b-format paperback