Description: AN ITINERANT HOUSE, AND OTHER GHOST STORIES by Emma Francis Dawson*** Portland, ME: Thomas Loring, 2007. First edition thus.Limited to 500 copies, this copy number 166.Collects all of Dawson's weird stories from both her book AN ITINERANT HOUSE and other stories from magazine sources.AN ITINERANT HOUSE AND OTHER GHOST STORIES by Emma Frances Dawson collects all of the supernatural fiction of Dawson, whose 1897 volume, AN ITINERANT HOUSE, has long been a scarce and desirable collector's piece. The Thomas Loring edition includes all the stories from that volume plus three more which were excluded from the 1897 edition due to space considerations, for a total of thirteen stories (fourteen, including one of Dawson's translations), representing everything she wrote in the genre. This new edition also includes the line drawings by Ernest Peixotto from the original edition which, in their subtle intricacy, so well suit these stories; a facsimile of the book's original prospectus; reviews and articles about the book and the author by contemporaries (most notably Ambrose Bierce, who called her 1897 book "a work of supreme genius"); and an 18,000-word introduction giving historical, biographical and critical backgrounds for Dawson's fiction. Issued in a limited edition of 500 copies. Additional content details: lxiv + 266 pages , complete supernatural fiction of author (13 short stories -- plus one of her translations), all ten B&W illustrations by Ernest Peixotto from original edition, introduction with notes and bibliography by Robert Eldridge, facsimile of prospectus to original edition of 1897 from William Doxey of San Francisco, review of original edition by Ambrose Bierce, foreword to later pamphlet reprint by Paul Jordan-Smith, and obituary of author by Louise Culver. ***** All books are from a smoke free home. This is NOT an ex-library book. Shipped via Media Mail in the USA. Overseas shipments via First Class at actual cost based on weight. Keywords: Supernatural tales, ghost stories, science fiction, SF, interplanetary, fantasy, lost race, detective fiction. Reference books: Everett Bleiler The Checklist of Science-Fiction and Supernatural Fiction, Guide to Supernatural Fiction, and Guide to Science Fiction; George Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy, Volumes 1-3; R. Reginald Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: A Checklist 1700-1974; Lyle H. Wright American Fiction. Vols I, II, III ; Hubin Bibliography of Crime Fiction.
Price: 20 USD
Location: Putney, Vermont
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Shipping Cost: 6.5 USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Year Printed: 2007
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Ghost stories, Supernatural
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Ernest Peixotto
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Place of Publication: Portland
Special Attributes: First Edition, 1st Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition
