A Bottomless Grave: and Other Victorian Tales of Terror (Unabridged)
by Lamb, Hugh (Editor). Authors Ambrose Bierce; Frank Norris; Guy de Maupassant; Richard Marsh, and More
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0486415902
- ISBN 13
- 9780486415901
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About This Item
New York, New York, USA: Dover Publications, 2001. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Bright and clean purple cover with line illustration by Phiz (1815-92), design by Jeff A. Menges. Slight wear to corners and spine heel, no creasing; soundly bound, square. Pages lightly toned, clean and free from any markings. This unique collection gathers together 21 of these Victorian-era spine-tinglers-outstanding but neglected stories from that time period--the black comedy of Ambrose Bierce in the title story; "The Ship that Saw a Ghost" , a seafaring mystery by Frank Norris; "The Tomb", Guy de Maupassant's grotesque account of one man's incurable longing for his deceased lover; --and 18 more delightful scary stories. Unabridged Dover (2001) republication of "Victorian Nightmares", originally published by Taplinger Publishing Co, New York, 1977. Editor's Foreword. 224 pages. 8.25 x 5.2 inches.
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- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022032
- Title
- A Bottomless Grave: and Other Victorian Tales of Terror (Unabridged)
- Author
- Lamb, Hugh (Editor). Authors Ambrose Bierce; Frank Norris; Guy de Maupassant; Richard Marsh, and More
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0486415902
- ISBN 13
- 9780486415901
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- HORROR TERROR GHOST STORIES OCCULT
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Horror;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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