STORIES IN THE DARK ... Second Edition. London: Grant Richards, 1901. Small octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-191 [192], publisher's pictorial white wrappers printed in yellow, brown and black. First edition, second printing. This is Pain's core collection of horror fiction, supernatural and psychological, including the classic "The Moon-Slave," woman seduced by the Great God Pan; "The Gray Cat," a loathsome familiar; and "The Undying Thing," a Gothic extravaganza featuring a deathless subterranean werewolf. Impressive range of themes and moods, stylish treatment. See Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature Iv, pp. 1662-64. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-156. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1278. Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 742. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 88. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 317. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-196. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 400. Bleiler (1978), p. 153. Reginald 11123. Hubin (1994), p. 624. NCBEL IV 698. Owner's signature on the front free endpaper. Shallow chipping to spine ends, wrappers lightly worn and soiled, a very good copy. (#179048).
Price: $250.00
"SECOND EDITION" on title page. "First Edition, November, 1901 / Second Edition, November, 1901" on copyright page.