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GinaRCollia, 6 months ago to bookstodon

A new addition!... 'Mystic Voices' by Roger Pater, published in 1923 by Burns Oates and Washbourne Ltd.

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GinaRCollia, 6 months ago to bookstodon

Book post!... 'Witchwater' by G. M. Wilson (Robert Hale, 1961).

'The wild black cat streaking over the desolate, frost-bound marshes of Norfolk—is it a stray, or a witch's familiar? A stray, says Inspector Lovick emphatically. But the cat is wearing the same silver collar that Old Mother Daw's cat wore at Witchwater a century ago... '

A child has died and two women have been attacked, and Lovick and John Crawford are on the hunt for a witch.

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GinaRCollia, 7 months ago to bookstodon

A new arrival!... 'The Water Ghost and Others' by John Kendrick Bangs, published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1894.

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GinaRCollia, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Book news! A new edition of the Victorian shilling shocker 'The Master of Hullingham Manor' will be published on 29 November. It includes a long introduction by me.

https://hauntedlibraryblog.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-master-of-hullingham-manor-bernard.html

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GinaRCollia, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Book news! A new edition of the Victorian shilling shocker 'The Master of Hullingham Manor' will be published on 29 November. It includes a long introduction by me.

https://hauntedlibraryblog.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-master-of-hullingham-manor-bernard.html

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GinaRCollia, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Book news! A new edition of the Victorian shilling shocker 'The Master of Hullingham Manor' will be published on 29 November. It includes a long introduction by me.

https://hauntedlibraryblog.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-master-of-hullingham-manor-bernard.html

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GinaRCollia, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Book post!... 'The House of Dracula' by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, published by William Kimber in 1987, with a cover illustration by Ionicus.

I'm particularly pleased with this addition to my Ionicus/Kimber collection. It's signed by the author, and it is in absolutely pristine condition. Whoever owned this book before me loved it and took exceptionally good care of it.

My Kimber/Ionicus index is here:
https://hauntedlibraryblog.blogspot.com/p/ionicus-william-kimber-covers.html

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GinaRCollia, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Book post! Another one for my Kimber/Ionicus collection.

'The Haunted Garden' by Mary Williams.
Added to the index here:

https://hauntedlibraryblog.blogspot.com/p/the-haunted-garden-mary-williams.html

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GinaRCollia, 8 months ago to bookstodon

More lovely book post!... 'Possessions and Pursuits' by John Howard and Mark Valentine, containing one short novel and two novelettes, just published as a limited edition hardback by Sarob Press, with excellent cover artwork by Paul Lowe.

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GinaRCollia, 8 months ago to bookstodon

Book post!... 'The Mystery of No. 13' by Helen Mathers, published in 1891 by F. V. White & Co.

I love the old paperback covers.

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GinaRCollia, 8 months ago to bookstodon

I am very pleased to announce that 'The Shadowy Third: And Other Stories' by Ellen Glasgow, originally published in 1923, is now available in a lovely new centenary edition, and it includes a long (17-page) introduction by me.

You can find out more about it here:
https://hauntedlibraryblog.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-shadowy-third-ellen-glasgow-new.html

It's available to pre-order directly from the publisher:
https://www.nezupress.com/product-page/the-shadowy-third-and-other-stories-by-ellen-glasgow

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GinaRCollia, 9 months ago to bookstodon

The new Nezu Press edition of 'A Seventh Child' alongside the original first edition, published in 1894. And a large photographic portrait of the author John Strange Winter (Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard) by Herbert R. Barraud.

New hardback edition is available from the Nezu Press shop: https://www.nezupress.com/product-page/a-seventh-child-a-novel-by-john-strange-winter-henrietta-e-v-stannard

My original post about the first edition is here: https://hauntedlibraryblog.blogspot.com/2020/12/blog-post.html

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GinaRCollia, 9 months ago to bookstodon

Amazon is currently selling 'The Room Opposite' for £15... That's £10 off the usual £25 price.

https://amzn.eu/d/drVL7sw

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GinaRCollia, 9 months ago to bookstodon

I am very pleased to announce that A Seventh Child: A Novel by John Strange Winter (aka Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard), originally published in 1894, is now available in a lovely new edition, and it includes a long biographical essay by me entitled 'John Strange Winter: Author, Wife, Mother & Purveyor of Toilet Preparations’.

https://hauntedlibraryblog.blogspot.com/2023/08/a-seventh-child-john-strange-winter-new.html

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GinaRCollia, 10 months ago to bookstodon

Beautiful book post!... 'Treatises on Dust', by Timothy J. Jarvis, and 'Uncertainties 6', both just published by the ever wonderful Swan River Press.

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GinaRCollia, 10 months ago to bookstodon

Sometimes, I buy a book based on reviews. Sometimes, I buy one based purely on the cover design (I do so like perty things). Other times... well, the title is enough!

'Gloomy Fanny' by Morley Roberts, published by Eveleigh Nash, 1913.

PS - The title of this book in no way reflects my current condition.

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GinaRCollia, 10 months ago to bookstodon

Righty-ho! I've written a blog post about Rick Ferreira's 'The Darling Fishes'.

https://hauntedlibraryblog.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-darling-fishes-rick-ferreira.html

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GinaRCollia, 10 months ago to bookstodon

So, I didn't stop looking for info about the writer Rick Ferreira, and I found out a bit more, including the fact that he had another pseudonym. There's an update at the end of the blog post (right at the bottom)

https://hauntedlibraryblog.blogspot.com/2023/07/in-search-of-rick-ferreira.html

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GinaRCollia, 10 months ago to bookstodon

Just a few days ago, I was saying how difficult it is to get the Kimber/Ionicus books now... And then this popped up. So, I've added a new title to the directory.

https://hauntedlibraryblog.blogspot.com/p/stories-of-supernatural.html

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GinaRCollia, 10 months ago to bookstodon

'Through the Night: Tales of Shades and Shadows' by Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks (with a long intro by me) is now available to pre-order on Amazon Canada.

https://a.co/d/eZqWx7w

More info here:

https://hauntedlibraryblog.blogspot.com/2023/07/through-night-tales-of-shades-and.html

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GinaRCollia, 10 months ago to bookstodon

So, I really needed to know who Rick Ferreira was (you know, the author of 'The Darling Fishes', published by William Kimber in 1977)... so I went on the hunt. A new blog post:

'In Search of Rick Ferreira'

https://hauntedlibraryblog.blogspot.com/2023/07/in-search-of-rick-ferreira.html

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GinaRCollia, 11 months ago to bookstodon

Just added 'Unseen Footsteps' by Mary Williams (1977) to my 'Ionicus ~ Kimber Index' page. First new one I've added for a long time. These books are getting harder to find. Do wonder if I'll ever manage to get all of them.

https://hauntedlibraryblog.blogspot.com/p/ionicus-william-kimber-covers.html

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GinaRCollia, 11 months ago to bookstodon

Pre-order available at Amazon UK now...

'Through the Night: Tales of Shades and Shadows' by Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks. Edited and with an introduction by me. . I'm a bit in love with this one, it has to be said.

https://amzn.eu/d/fbt5El7

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GinaRCollia, 11 months ago to bookstodon

New website and a new book at the same time. 'Through the Night: Tales of Shades and Shadows' by Victorian writer Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks, with an 18 page intro by me, will be published on 28 August. Pre-order links will be up soon.

https://nezupress.com/through-the-night

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