Author Name: Harvey, William Fryer. Edited and with introduction by Maurice Richardson.
Title: MIDNIGHT TALES. (MIDNIGHT HOUSE; DABBLERS; UNWINDING; MRS. ORMEROD; DOUBLE DEMON; TOOL; HEART OF THE FIRE; CLOCK; PETER LEVISHAM; MISS CORNELIUS; MAN WHO HATED ASPIDISTRAS; SAMBO; ACROSS THE MOORS; FOLLOWER; AUGUST HEAT; BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS, ET
Publisher: J.M. Dent, London, (1946), Ist edition.
Seller ID: 12004
200 pp, small 8vo (approx. 7 1/2" H), hard cover (black boards with white lettering on spine), in dust jacket. Contains twenty stories selected from 'Midnight House', 'The Beast With Five Fingers', and 'Moods and Tenses'. Richardson 'introduces th em with an essay on ghost stories in general and on Dr. Harvey and his stories in particular. Contents: Midnight House; The Dabblers; Unwinding; Mrs. Ormerod; Double Demon; The Tool; The Heart of the Fire; The Clock; Peter Levisham; Miss Corneli u s ; The Man Who Hated Aspidistras; Sambo; The Star; Across the Moors; The Follower; August Heat; Sarah Bennet's Possession; The Ankardyne Pew; Miss Avenal; The Beast With Five Fingers. Bequest bookplate on front free endpaper, small bookstore lab el o n rear pastedown, minor wrinkle at bottom of spine, minor rubbing to boards. Dust jacket is price-clipped, has light to moderate edge wear, small chips at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, light browning, a few small closed tears with creas es, so me light waviness, light rubbing/soiling and 2" scratch on rear panel. VG/G-
WILLIAM FRYER HARVEY GHOSTS GHOST STORIES HAUNTINGS SUPERNATURAL PSYCHOLOGICAL
