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Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 63 p. Clean hardcover, no marks, wonderfully illustrated.

Illustrations by Kevin Hawkes. Clean as new copy. DJ unclipped.

1936 novella. Hardcover very clean, silver bright on grey cloth cover. DJ has some top and bottom spine wear, protected under Brodart.

Subtitled as "A Collection of Stories of Haunted Houses, Apparitions, and Supernatural Occurrences made by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax. With a foreword by Viscount Halifax, Ambassador from Great Britain to the United States" Red boards with gilt lettering. Dust jacket art adapted from a drawing by William Blake (1757-1827). Dust jacket has some chips and bottom corner of spine missing, now protected in Brodart. Second printing, so stated on copyright page.

Probable first American edition, blue cloth, lettered in gold on spine, former owner's name stamped on front flyleaf but otherwise in excellent condition. DJ shows original price. Interior pages clean and DJ illustration bright with minor shelfwear. Charming 1870s gentlemen ghosts and their monkey help 1950s relative win the girl in Paris. They like Paris...as does the monkey. Sequel to Brief Candles and Happy Returns. This is the original American hardcover, difficult to find, and not the Rue Morgue later reprint.

Clean bright gilt on green-grey cover, illustration in black and red of shades boarding the house-boat. Spine shows some fading and wear but overall a great bright clean hardcover. Shows printing date of 1896 on title page with copyright 1895. Humorous black-and-white illustrations of the House-boat's passengers by American artist Peter Newell. First of four books about the "Associated Shades" (aka famous dead people).