Title: Carnacki The Ghost-Hunter

Author: William Hope Hodgson

Publisher: Holden & Hardingham, London

Date Printed: February 1920 

Edition: First Cheap Edition

Description: A nice example of the cheap edition printed in 1920. 248 pages, plus 4 page publisher's catalogue to the rear. The book has some bumping, wear and rubbing to the covers, light fading to the spine (see picture). Binding sound and square. Toning to leaves and page edges. Free of inscriptions. 

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was an English author who was born in Blackmore near Braintree in Essex. He was well known for his horror, supernatural, and science fiction. One of his recurring characters, Thomas Carnacki, is featured in several of his most famous stories and was inspired by Algernon Blackwood's occult detective John Silence. His work is said to have had an influence on H.P. Lovecraft, even though Lovecraft did not read his works until 1934. Lovecraft described The Night Land as  "one of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written".

Provenance: This book was part of the collection of the celebrated book seller and collector George Locke. 

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