[Rarebooks] FS: Gothic Fiction Reference Books

[Michael John Thompson]

Gothic Fiction Reference Books. Prices are in Cdn 
Funds, trade discount allowed.
Postage is extra, at cost.


1.  ANGLO, Michael. PENNY DREADFULS And Other 
Victorian Horrors. London: Jupiter Books. [1977]. 
First Edition, First Printing. First Edition. 
Quarto, original black boards titled in silver on 
spine panel. [125] pp, illustrated throughout in 
colour & black & white, pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy in dust jacket.
Illustrated history of the lurid British 'Penny 
Dreads' . Varney the Vampyre, Sawney Beane, 
Sweeney Todd, Spring-Heeled Jack - a fascinating 
glipse into a long-forgotten world.                $30.00

2.  BIRKHEAD, Edith, M.A. THE TALE OF TERROR. A 
Study of the Gothic Romance. London: Constable & 
Company Ltd. 1921. First Edition, First Printing. 
First Edition. Octavo, original red cloth titled 
and ruled in gold on spine, ruled in blind on 
upper & lower covers. 239 pp. Index. Mild wear to 
cloth at tips, some slight fading to spine panel; a very good clean copy.
¶ History of the Gothic novel from Antiquity, 
through the 19th Century, with an emphasis on 
Radcliffe, Lewis, Maturin, Beckford, Godwin, 
Scott and the Gothic Chapbooks.                $40.00

3.  RAILO, Eino. THE HAUNTED CASTLE. A Study of 
the Elements of English Romanticism. London: 
George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. 1927. First 
Edition, First Printing. First Edition. Crown 
octavo, original burgundy cloth titled and ruled 
in gold on spine panel. 388 pp. Frontispiece and 
seven additional full-page plates. Slight foxing, 
some minor dustiness, a nearly fine, bright copy 
in the original cloth. The Yablonsky copy, 
through Serendipity to John Ruyle, to us.
¶ Survey of the Gothic Romantic Literature of the 
18th & 19th Centuries.                $75.00

4.  SUMMERS, Montague. A GOTHIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
London: The Fortune Press. No Date [1941]. First 
Edition, First Printing. First edition. Thick 
octavo, original red cloth, spine titles in gilt. 
In the dust jacket. 750 numbered copies printed, 
this being copy number 591. 621 pp., frontispiece 
and 21 additional plates inserted throughout the 
text. A bright, fresh, nearly fine copy, minor 
bruising to cloth at base of spine.
¶ The pioneer bibliography of the English Gothic 
novel.The volume is divided into two parts: the 
first an index of authors providing biographical 
information and short title checklist of their 
works; the second part is a partially annotated 
checklist, arranged alphabetically by title, that 
provides bibliographic details for first and 
subsequent printings and editions.              $250.00

5.  SUMMERS, Montague. THE GOTHIC QUEST. A 
History of the Gothic Novel. London: The Fortune 
Press. No Date [1938]. First Edition, First 
Printing. First edition. Thick octavo, original 
red & black patterned cloth, spine titles in 
grey. In the dust jacket. 950 numbered copies 
printed, this being copy number 670. 443 pp., 
frontispiece and 15 additional plates inserted 
throughout the text. A bright, fresh, nearly fine 
copy in the original printed dust jacket which 
has light wear at the edges, slight fading to the 
spine and is neatly backed with thick paper. An attractive copy.
¶ A Seminal work on the Gothic movement, with a 
full chapter on Matthew G. Lewis, plus indexes of Novels, etc.          $275.00



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