HAUNTED HOUSES

London: Senate Books, 1996. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Second Printing. 8vo. (xi) 288 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edgewear with creasing on two corners and a faintly creased spine; slightly darkened around the edges of the text block; no interior markings. Profusely illustrated with black and white artwork. The Chapters are: Haunted Palaces - The Tower of London - St James's Palace - Hampton Court - Richmond Palace; Ripley Castle - Littlecote and the Story of Wild Darell - Bisham Abbey and the Lady Hoby; Spedlin's Tower - Ham House and the Duchess of Lauderdale; Mannington Hall - Dr Jessop's Ghost Story; The Bishop of Winchester's Ghost Story; The Haunted House in Berkeley Square; Some Recent Instances: The Tenant of Silverton Abbey - The Strange Case of Ballechin House - Bayhall Manor-house; Tales of Poltergeists; Houses with Skulls and Skull Legends; Family Curses - The Mystery of Glamis Castle and the Earls of Strathmore; Thomas the Rhymer and the Erskines - Earls of Mar - The Brahan Seer and the Seaforths - The Dalrymples - Earls of Stair - The Tichbone Family - The Lambton Worm; The Doom of the Sacrilegious - Sherborne Castle and the Curse of King Osmund; Omens and Warnings - The Radiant Boy of Corby Castle - The Drummer of Cortachy; Calverley Hall - Sykes Lumb Farm - Samlesbury Hall - Heath Old Hall; and The Luck of Eden Hall; followed by an index..