CHILLERS FOR CHRISTMAS.
by DALBY**, RICHARD - Edited by:
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- ISBN 10
- 1860191525
- ISBN 13
- 9781860191527
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial art-work illustrated dw/dj by Clifford Harper (design repeated to glossy laminated boards,with immaculate plain white endpapers.); with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creases to edges - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing, corners not bumped.Top+fore-edges lightly aged but clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-311pp includes half-title+title pages,contents list/table,editor,27 stories. 'At Christmas time,' said the stranger in the chimney corner,' folks seem to think themselves privileged to ask other folks to tell stories.' Arm yourself with the seasonally gripping stories contained in 'Chillers for Christmas' and you will never be at a loss when,gathered around the flickering hearth on a Christmas Eve,someone suggests the traditional Christmas tale.'Chillers for Christmas' brings together twenty-seven deliciously spine-chilling tales set in locations as diverse as India,France and Somerset and spanning over a century of story-telling,but all united by their Christmas theme.Here you will find not only stories of the supernatural,but also classic Christmas thrillers from such well-loved writers as Rudyard Kipling and Arthur Conan Doyle.The traditional Victorian Christmas ghost story is well represented with seasonal offerings by Frank Cowper and George Manville Fenn while modern chillers from the best of our contemporary writers of the genre are included in six stories written especially for this volume.So close the curtains against the howling wind,pull up a chair to the fire and settle down with this festive collection of hauntings and horrors.And don't forget to bolt the door,just in case . . .See also rja2213 and rja2214 for other Christmas anthologies by this editor. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
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- Title
- CHILLERS FOR CHRISTMAS.
- Author
- DALBY**, RICHARD - Edited by:
- Format/Binding
- UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- FINE+.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1860191525
- ISBN 13
- 9781860191527
- Publisher
- LONDON.MICHAEL O'MARA,1989.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1989
- Keywords
- q52.MODERN FIRSTS.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 1860191525.Modern fiction anthology.Santa Claus_Christmas fiction.Ghost_mystery fiction writers.Horror fiction.Arthur Cona Doyle.George Manvill Fenn.Rudyard Kipling.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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