LORD HALIFAX'S GHOST BOOK: A COLLECTION OF STORIES OF HAUNTED HOUSES, APPARITIONS AND SUPERNATURAL OCCURRENCES Made by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax. With an Introduction by Viscount Halifax, K.G. London: Geoffrey Bles, [1936]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi-vii] viii [1-2] 3-243 [244], original black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, top edge stained yellow, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. About half of these are slight affairs, but others are well-developed narratives with characters and dialogue and no intrinsic difference from short stories other than their author's word that they are "true." Bleiler (1948) p. 139. Tuck (1974), p. 201 (gives contents). Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Top edge stain faded, a bright, very good copy in very good 8/6 printed dust jacket with wear and shallow chipping along top and bottom edges and 30x30 mm chip from the lower spine end. A knowledgeable reader has written a three-line note regarding the source for "The Passenger with the Bag" on the section title preceding the story, and several informative handwritten notes regarding other stories are laid in. (#171680).
Price: $350.00
"FIRST PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER 1936" on copyright page.