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Post by dem on Nov 13, 2022 12:44:56 GMT
Sunday market bookstasy Peter Haining [ed.] - The Ghouls (Chancellor, 1994: originally W.H. Allen, 1971) Foreword – Peter Haining
Introduction – Vincent Price
Francis Oscar Mann – The Devil In A Nunnery (filmed as “The Devil In A Convent”)
Edgar Allan Poe – The System Of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether (“The Lunatics”)
Nathaniel Hawthorne – Feathertop (“Puritan Passions”)
Gaston Leroux – Phantom Of The Opera
Somerset Maugham – The Magician
Tod Robbins – Spurs (“Freaks”)
Richard Connell – The Most Dangerous Game
Bram Stoker – Dracula’s Guest (“Dracula’s Daughter”)
Steven Vincent Benet – The Devil And Daniel Webster (“All That Money Can Buy”)
Robert Louis Stevenson – The Bodysnatcher
W. F. Harvey – The Beast With Five Fingers
Ray Bradbury – Foghorn (“The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms”)
George Langelaan – The Fly
Nikolai Gogol – Viy (“Black Sunday”)
Ambrose Bierce – Incident At Owl Creek Bridge
H. . Lovecraft – The Colour Out Of Space (“Monster Of Terror”)
Robert Bloch – The Skull Of The Marquis De Sade (“The Skull”)
Edgar Allan Poe – The Oblong Box
Afterword – Christopher Lee
Cast And CreditsBlurb: '18 classic stories that inspired great horror films
Did you know that the first horror film was made in 1896? Or that Lon Chaney, in his terrifying performance in Phantom of the Opera, used wires to distend his eyes and expose his gums?
THE GHOULS is a horror film buff's dream - eighteen stories that inspired classic horror films, from talents as diverse as Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft and Ray Bradbury. Each entry is introduced by a brief look at the story itself and the film made from it, together with a still from the motion picture.
Introduced by Vincent Price and with an afterward by Christopher Lee, THE GHOULS is an enjoyable survey of old favourites and rare gems. Contents include 'The Fly', 'Dracula's Daughter', 'The Body Snatcher', 'Freaks', and 'The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms'.
Cover photograph: The Ronald Grant Archives Morgan Robertson - The Wreck of the Titan (Pocket, 1998: originally 1898 as Futility) Blurb: ‘She was the largest craft afloat and the greatest of the works of men. In her construction and maintenance were involved every science, profession and trade known to civilization ... unsinkable, indestructible she carried as few boats as would satisfy the laws'
So wrote Morgan Robertson in 1898 in this novel of extraordinary intensity. Fourteen years before the greatest civil maritime disaster of all time, this story eerily prefigured the actual calamity. A century later The Wreck of the Titan has lost none of its power to shock. It is a compelling read in its own right, but the question remains - was it a strange series of coincidences, or was something altogether more mysterious at work? Stephen King - Carrie (Chancellor, 2013: originally in UK, NEL, 1974) Blurb: Carrie may be picked on by her classmates but she has a gift. She can move things with her mind. Doors lock. Candles fall. This is her power and her problem.
To be invited to Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie - the first step towards social acceptance by her high school colleagues. Until an unexpected cruelty turns her gift into a weapon of terror and destruction that no one will ever forget.Maxim Jakubowski and Nathan Braund [eds] - The Mammoth Book Of Jack The Ripper (Robinson, 1999). Anthony Horowitz - Twist Cottage (Orchard, 2002). |
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Post by dem on Dec 11, 2022 18:30:31 GMT
Foggy, frosty morning. Nothing much doing at market so took a bus on to Hackney to pick up this bound vol of Reveille & Weekend for Jan - Dec 1948. Pages yellowed and brittle, handle with care, etc. Initial browse turns up several short stories including three by Rosemary Timperley, one, Electric Hell, a contender for the supernatural/ horror on the railway thread. An article on a ghost ship; letter from a reader relates his experience of a ghostly hitch-hiker. Hooligans Spoil Sport (""Referee Stoned" — "Bottles Thrown at Goalkeeper" — "Police Called to Ground" — "FA Publish Black List" — these are but a few of the headlines that have appeared in recent months, a black tribute to the present-day attitude of British sportsmanship"), etc. Will try scan sample items of interest over coming days. |
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Dec 11, 2022 18:55:14 GMT
I am having trouble parsing the sentence "Dance as you farm camps." |
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Post by jamesdoig on Dec 15, 2022 20:57:01 GMT
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Post by jamesdoig on Dec 21, 2022 5:21:46 GMT
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Post by andydecker on Dec 21, 2022 8:38:46 GMT
I said it before and I say it again: I envy you (and Dem) all those shops you have. Again great finds.
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Post by andydecker on Dec 21, 2022 10:19:39 GMT
Inspired by James' finds, here is one of the German editions of Eddison. The artwork is by the incomparable Karel Thole.  
Published in 1982.
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Post by jamesdoig on Dec 22, 2022 5:40:55 GMT
Inspired by James' finds, here is one of the German editions of Eddison. The artwork is by the incomparable Karel Thole. Great covers. I've never got into Eddison - I must give him another go. |
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Post by andydecker on Dec 22, 2022 11:46:21 GMT
Inspired by James' finds, here is one of the German editions of Eddison. The artwork is by the incomparable Karel Thole. Great covers. I've never got into Eddison - I must give him another go. I never read those. Bought them mostly for the covers. I just managed to read his first novel, The Worm Ouroboros, but only have hazy recollections. Must have been in the early 80s. . At the time I still also managed to read things like William Morris. I don't know if I would still have the patience to read such dense and slow books today. I have this nice edition of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast, and every year I take it from the shelves and put it back. Someday, maybe ... |
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Post by dem on Jan 4, 2023 18:19:11 GMT
I said it before and I say it again: I envy you (and Dem) all those shops you have. Again great finds. Any finds of mine are mostly from market stalls and charity outlets these days; most of the great second hand outlets many of us used are no more. Pretty sure the only two bookshops I visited in 2022 were Southbourne's beloved Comics Books Posters, for all of five minutes, and Wat*rst*nes, Harrow (approx 200 yards from where once stood the street entrance to the office of Randall & Hopkirk [Deceased]), to check out their local history section - which consisted of several generic London titles, as many again covering the UK, and a whole one title devoted to the immediate area. Makes you weep, or does me. Out of necessity, many of the newer titles and pulp facsimiles were purchased via Am*z*n, a desperately soulless experience. Anyway, as I think you'd agree, a new year hasn't really got started until you've made your first find(s), and mine were this morning at the Bethnal Green branch of the Spitalfiend's Crypt Charity Shop. Jennifer Westwood & Jacqueline Simpson - The Penguin Book of Ghosts: The Spectres, Apparitions and Phantoms that Haunt The Lore of the Land (Allen Lane, 2008) Blurb: 'Again he was woken by a noise like the rustling of a stiff silk dress. Darting to the spot it came from, he tried to grab the intruder but his arms closed on empty air...'
England's history echoes with stories of unquiet spirits and hauntings, of headless highwaymen and grey ladies, of indelible bloodstains and premonitions of death. Here, county by county and place by place, Jennifer Westwood and Jacqueline Simpson gather together all the most interesting supernatural tales from The Lore of the Land. From a ghostly army marching across Cumbria and landlords' appeals against rates (because no one will rent their haunted houses), to Francis Drake's drum summoning him when England is in danger, these fascinating and unforgettable stories are part of our legendary past - and present.
'Westwood and Simpson evoke an England terrified by screaming skulls, tantalized by hidden treasure and spooked by the unearthly clanging of bells' — Country LifeNot to forget - that things have come to this .... Hunter Kennedy - Xena and the Magic Arrow of Myx (Berkley Jam, March 1999) Blurb: Xena: She's part beautiful princess, part fierce warrior. She battles gods, mortals, and monsters—all for the sake of good. It isn't always easy, but it's always an adventure...
Battle on,XENA!
Xena and her sidekick, Gabrielle, take a trip to Gabrielle's hometown. But on the way back, they wind up in the path of the Magic Arrow of Myx. This arrow won't stop until it strikes its target: Xena!
But who could have cast such a horrible spell? It's enough to give this warrior princess a splitting headache.
Will Xena and Gabrielle find out who launched the deadly arrow before it's too late?[/center] |
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Post by Swampirella on Jan 4, 2023 18:26:31 GMT
The Penguin Book of Ghosts is a great find to start the year off with, & makes up for the other one.  |
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Post by dem on Jan 4, 2023 18:29:44 GMT
The Penguin Book of Ghosts is a great find to start the year off with, & makes up for the other one. I'm not sure if anything can make up for the other one. They had a sale on, so you get one free. Might stick Xena in the Little Free Library box next time I'm feeling sadistic. |
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Post by Swampirella on Jan 4, 2023 18:33:07 GMT
The Penguin Book of Ghosts is a great find to start the year off with, & makes up for the other one. I'm not sure if anything can make up for the other one. They had a sale on, so you get one free. Might stick Xena in the Little Free Library box next time I'm feeling sadistic. I didn't realize it was a freebie. Donating it is the best solution, for you although not for the receiver. |
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Post by helrunar on Jan 4, 2023 18:34:34 GMT
That ghost book looks cool. I saw on "social media" the cover of the new issue of Fortean Times which is billed as a Reader's Digest Lore of the Land special. I'm actually toying with the idea of attempting to mail order that issue.
Maybe the lesbian sex scenes in the Xena book help make up for the banal writing? I've been told that Xena was really all about lesbian sex between Major Xena and her "sidekick," a rather unkind way of describing one's bunk partner.
cheers, Hel
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Post by Shrink Proof on Jan 4, 2023 19:25:46 GMT
Might stick Xena in the Little Free Library box next time I'm feeling sadistic. Truly, it is better to give than to receive... |
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