Penguin Books, 1973, Softcover, Book Condition: Good, First
acknowledgements, introduction by editor. Colour photographic card cover with white coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the backstrip. "From 1765 to 1840, Gothic tales held Britain and much of Europe in thrall. Readers found retreat from drab reality in ruined abbeys, Moonlit castles, pathless woods and blasted heaths people by knightly heroes, oppressed maidens and wicked tyrants; haunted by ghosts, spectres, vampires animated corpses and grinning skulls." -- from the rear panel blurb. The book gathers together 30 of the finest Gothic stories from that period of time. Including stories from Horace Walpole, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Sheridan Le Fanu. Creasing to the book corners with noticeable rubbing to the book edges and either side of the backstrip. Lighter rubbing to the front panel heavier rubbing to the rear panel. Browning to the textblock edges and pages and page 435/436, has become a little dogeared. Staining to the top edge of the rear panel, which has impinged upon the pages. Some stains to the lower edge of the front panel and half title page. First softcover edition. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 543, [1]. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Horror; Fiction -- Crime; ISBN: 0140035893. ISBN/EAN: 9780140035896. Inventory No: 0117095.
acknowledgements, introduction by editor. Colour photographic card cover with white coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the backstrip. "From 1765 to 1840, Gothic tales held Britain and much of Europe in thrall. Readers found retreat from drab reality in ruined abbeys, Moonlit castles, pathless woods and blasted heaths people by knightly heroes, oppressed maidens and wicked tyrants; haunted by ghosts, spectres, vampires animated corpses and grinning skulls." -- from the rear panel blurb. The book gathers together 30 of the finest Gothic stories from that period of time. Including stories from Horace Walpole, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Sheridan Le Fanu. Creasing to the book corners with noticeable rubbing to the book edges and either side of the backstrip. Lighter rubbing to the front panel heavier rubbing to the rear panel. Browning to the textblock edges and pages and page 435/436, has become a little dogeared. Staining to the top edge of the rear panel, which has impinged upon the pages. Some stains to the lower edge of the front panel and half title page. First softcover edition. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 543, [1]. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Horror; Fiction -- Crime; ISBN: 0140035893. ISBN/EAN: 9780140035896. Inventory No: 0117095.