Famous (Best) Ghost Stories -Modern Library (inc Damned Thing; Willows; Monkey's Paw; Phantom Rickshaw; Supper Elsinore; August Heat; Rival Ghosts; Mezzotint; Open Window; On Brighton Road; Man Who Went Too Far; Beckoning Fair One; Considerate Hosts etc)

New York: N.Y. / New York: Modern Library #73 / Random House, 1944 (actually 1967 to 1970), 1st Edition, Later Printing , 1967. -----------( later printing of the 1st edition ) hardtcover, a Very Good+ example, a very tidy copy, a bit of light rubbing, ---in an attractive Good or better price clipped dustjacket, some small chips and short tears, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector ---this states 1944 but based on Toledano's guide this is from 1967 to 1970, 361 + numerous pages of ads for other titles --- this contains: Intro by Cerf; The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer- Lytton. 2. The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce. 3. The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs. 4. The Phantom 'Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling. 5. The Willows by Algernon Blackwood. 6. The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews. 7. The Man Who Went Too Far by E F Benson. 8. The Mezzotint by Montague Rhodes James. 9. The Open Window by Saki. 10. The Beckoning Fair One by Oliver Onions. 11. On the Brighton Road by Richard Middleton. 12. The Considerate Hosts by Thorp McClusky. 13. August Heat by W F Harvey. 14. The Return of Andrew Bentley by August W. Derleth and Mark Schorer 15. The Supper at Elsinore by Isak Dinesen 16. afterword - The Current Crop of Ghost Stories by Bennett Cerf. ---this is Modern Library # 73 which in 1944 was released as BEST GHOST STORIES (later issues were titled FAMOUS GHOST STORIES, --S Neil Fujita designed endpapers, verso of jacket is blank as issued as list of books by ML was incorporated as advertising pages at the end of the book, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+ ( see Description )/Good (see description). Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. 4.75 w x 7.5h Inches. Price Clipped Jacket.