GHOST STORIES. London, Glasgow, Sydney, Auckland: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., n.d. [1927]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-181 [182: printer's imprint] [183-191: ads for Arlen's books] [192: colophon], publisher's blue boards, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Selects seven stories from two earlier collections, THESE CHARMING PEOPLE (1923) and MAY FAIR (1925). Includes "The Gentleman From America," one of Arlen's best horror stories. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 21. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-3. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 38. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 13-4. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 605-06. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-9. Bleiler (1978), p. 10. Reginald 00485. Boards rubbed, a sound, good copy, square and internally clean. (#172241).
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