Notes: Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan; Rockhill, Jim [Editor] : Schalken the Painter and Others: Ghost Stories 1838-61. Ashcroft (BC, CAN) : Ash-Tree Press, 2002. First edition from this publisher, limited edition of 650 copies. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering imprinted to spine. Glossy color dust jacket features art of Douglas Walters. Red endpapers with subtly patterned "Ash-Tree Press" repeated throughout. [i-viii], ix-xxxiii, [xxxiv, 1-2] 3-245, [246-254] colophon and (helpfully), a four page list of Ash-Tree Press "Titles Published" 1994-2002, including forthcoming titles. Intro by Rockhill, a note concerning the texts, 12 tales, "An Afterword Concerning Exclusions", sources. Condition notes: A fine, clean, square, unmarked copy, with light wear to dj and boards. Gift-appropriate. We personally inspect every book we offer. |