A Book of Ghosts by S. Baring-Gould (First U.S. Edition)

Authors: S. Baring-Gould

Location: New York

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons

Date: 1904

Edition: First Edition

Features: First American edition, printed in England. "First published in 1904", stated. Red cloth with gilt lettering; frontispiece with tissue guard; seven more inserted illustration plates. Fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed. 383 pp. No ads. Plymouth, William Brendon and Son Printers. Some of the stories first appeared in magazines: "The Windsor Magazine", "The Illustrated English Magazine", and more, preface. Second collection of scary ghost stories.

Book Condition: Very Good: A firm copy with some frayed spine ends and corners and mild rubbing to corner tips. Foxing to text block edges and pages throughout. Small bookshop label to front pastedown lower corner.

Notes: Also published in 1904 by Methuen & Co., London, title page.

HCX24081-1