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PROMINENT AMERICAN GHOSTS.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: World Publishing Co., (1967) dj. Hardcover - "Fascinating investigation of the tales and legends surrounding famous, and not so famous American haunts & hauntings" Stories of ghosts from the old homes and estates in America that have collected a rich crop of authentic ghosts and haunts, including the White House and others from Kennebunkport to Hawaii to New Orleans. Photographs. Bibliography. 180 pp.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some rubbing and wear to the dj)
Book ID: 85658More details Price: $15.00 -
THE RAMPART AND THE GLEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Vantage Press, (1976) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in what was the near future at the time this was written in 21st century Scotland, a story which combines science fiction, gothic, adventure and romance - as well ghosts, who dwell in MacKenane castle and appearing and disappearing at will. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper. 91 pp. ISBN: 0-533022959.
Condition: Fine in black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a very near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 84885More details Price: $85.00 -
EVA MOVES THE FURNITURE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Henry Holt, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third novel (fourth book) by this Scottish-born author,about the bonds between a mother and daughter - even though the mother died in childbirth. Dust jacket blurbs from Alice Hoffman, who calls it "quirky and enchanting" and from Andrea Barrett. SIGNED on the title page. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-679-444874.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83453More details Price: $30.00 -
SWEET HEART.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1991) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fifth novel, a supernatural thriller, set in a secluded 15th century mill house in a small village in England. SIGNED on the title page. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-385-247052.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 62421More details Price: $30.00 -
POSSESSION.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel, a supernatural thriller. "Fabian Hightower was killed. Or was he? The story of a mother possessed. . . by her son." SIGNED on the title page. 270 pp. ISBN: 0-385-247052.
Condition: Good only in a good dust jacket (some toning to the pages, handling wear, creases to rear flap of dj)
Book ID: 62028More details Price: $24.50 -
HOME IS WHERE YOUR FEET ARE STANDING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1975.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Ten-year-old Colin Daniel, determined not to leave the only home he has known in England, decides that the outrageous characters and strange happenings which he suspects are the work of ghosts - or his sisters - are signs of his having something called "poltergeist disease." 247 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0265213.
Condition: Very good+ in illustrated boards in a good dust jacket (price-clipped, some light edgewear, small peeled spot on front cover, etc).
Book ID: 58117More details Price: $18.50 -
CATIE & JOSEPHINE.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. dj. Hardcover first edition - Catie's family has moved a lot, making it hard for her to have friends, so when they move into a big old house and a little girl appears, Catie is pleased. A story for older children about the power of friendship, with full color photo-illustrations by Steven Parke that capture this story - 90% charming and 10% spooky. Slightly oversized format. 72 pp. ISBN: 0-618394036.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 55331More details Price: $18.00 -
GHOSTS AROUND THE HOUSE.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: World Publishing Co., (1970) dj. Hardcover - Stories of famous, and not-so-famous, haunted houses - including the Audubon House in Key West, Florida and the Dakota in NYC. Photographs (of the houses, not the ghosts.) Bibliography. 191 pp.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 40779More details Price: $12.50