GRIM TALES. London: A. D. Innes, 1893. Octavo, pp. [1-11] 12-167 [168: blank], publisher's pictorial tan wrappers printed in brown. First edition. Nesbit's first and best collection of horror and supernatural tales, issued in both cloth and as a paper bound shilling shocker (as here). "Collection of seven stories, the most notable being 'John Charrington's Wedding' ... and 'Man-Size in Marble' ... Five of the seven (including these two) are reprinted in FEAR (1910)." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 2-72. "Earlier in her career [Nesbit] wrote a number of interesting horror stories, marked by an emotional intensity unusual for the period ... The best of her early stories, including classics such as 'Man-Size in Marble' and 'John Charrington's Wedding,' were collected in the rare GRIM TALES and its companion volume, SOMETHING WRONG (both 1893), together with an assortment of mysteries and romances. A later selection devoted exclusively to weird material was FEAR (1910), which incorporated most of the early work and added several effective new pieces, including 'The Head,' 'In the Dark,' and 'The Three Drugs.'" - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 299-300. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1228. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 164 and A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume III, p. 172. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 379. Bleiler (1978), p. 147. Reginald 10617. Spine panel a bit darkened, a bit of fade to spine panel lettering, a very good copy. A lovely copy of a classic collection of Victorian horror stories. (#178233).
Price: $3,750.00
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