1923 Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery

Description

First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

The scarce first edition.

A complication of creepy and mysterious short stories by Sheridan Le Fanu, here collected and edited by M. R. James. These twelve stories had originally appeared in various magazines, including 'All the Year Round', 'Temple Bar', 'London Society', and 'Dublin University Magazine', from 1851 to 1872.

Importantly this publication in the 1930s revived the public's interest in Le Fanu, this revival of his works continuing to this day. The editor, James, viewed Le Fanu as a first rate writer of ghost stories who was rivalled by no one.

Stories included in this volume are 'Madam Crowl's Ghost', 'Squire Toby's Will', 'Dickon the Devil', 'The Child That Went with the Fairies', 'The White Cat of Drumgunniol', 'An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street', 'Ghost Stories of Chapelizod', 'Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling', 'Sir Dominick's Bargain', 'Ultor de Lacy', 'The Vision of Tom Chuff', and 'Stories of Lough Guir'.

Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper, 'G. D. de Montmorency, September 1924', and to the head of page 1.