Tag Archives: Uncanny Book Club

Uncanny Book Club and Pic

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

Here is J Wentworth Day’s ‘Here Are Ghosts and Witches’, the 1954 first edition. I’ve always liked the sinister cover art by Michael Ayrton. Ayrton also provides some distinctive interior illustrations and, judging by his Wikipedia entry, seems to have … Continue reading →

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Uncanny book club: Ingram’s Haunted Homes

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

Here we have another early standard work which belongs in any collection of ghost books alongside Charles Harper’s ‘Haunted Houses’. And again I have two copies, just because I couldn’t resist the different covers. ‘Haunted Homes and Family Legends’ by … Continue reading →

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Uncanny Book Club: Charles Harper

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

Here’s a good example of just what a compulsive bibliophile I am. Charles Harper’s ‘Haunted Houses’ is one of the standard works on the subject of ghosts in Britain and I could easily refer to a cheap paperback copy – … Continue reading →

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Uncanny Book Club: Harry Price

Posted on August 30, 2011 by

Original copies of early works by the famous/infamous ghost hunter Harry Price are now difficult to track down and expensive when you do. A few years ago I followed on eBay a copy of ‘The Haunting of Cashen’s Gap’, Price’s … Continue reading →

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Uncanny Book Club: British Goblins by Wirt Sikes

Posted on August 23, 2011 by

Yep, that’s not a typo: the author really is called that. Wirt Sikes was the American ambassador to South Wales and while in residence he decided to research and write about the folk tales of his adopted home. He drew … Continue reading →

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Uncanny Book Club: Haunted England by Christina Hole

Posted on August 22, 2011 by

The second book I’ve pulled off my shelves is Christina Hole’s ‘Survey of English Ghost-lore’, ‘Haunted England’. My copy is the 1941 edition from Batsford with the striking John Farleigh cover. ‘Haunted England’ remains the perfect introduction to anyone just … Continue reading →

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Uncanny Book Club: Ghost-lore goes art nouveau

Posted on August 21, 2011 by

I am a book nut. I keep buying the bloody things. I can’t help it. I just can’t see me ever really buying into the whole Kindle-type pretend book thing. I love the feel of a book, the design, the … Continue reading →

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