DJ edges aged and worn, particularly at head and tail of spine where numerous microtears and softening is present, and at the corner tips. Cover edges softened and rolled at head and tail of spine, corner tips worn with apaer torn over UR front corner tip. Rem. dot bottom edges, else pages clean. Binding tight.
Additional Description
The print in this volume is quite large, making it a good choice for older readers who have a yen for the supernatural
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This is the first major collection of true Irish ghost stories, by the author who also gave us Irish Witchcraft and Demonology, also published in this series.
The book was compiled entirely from accounts sent in by correspondents from all over Ireland, and the stories have been classified by area. Every effort was made to include only items which carry the stamp of authenticity. The book is a rich and varied collection of true tales of haunted houses, banshees, potergeists and other supernatural phenomena, a comprehensive cross-section of weird other-worldly happenings.
These amazing events were typical of Irish life fifty years ago. Under the top-soil of Christianity and political aspirations the older pagan Ireland had deep roots It was from this true background of ghosts and marcels that many of Ireland's greatest writers drew inspiration for their poetry, plays and fiction, and a reading of this book illumines our understanding of the mother-soil of Irish literature.
Certain it is that Irish ghosts are the most fascinating to the connoisseur of the paranormal, whether the stories are factual or fictional. The Irish Bram Stoker, who gave the world the immortal horror story Dracula, wrote as much from his childhood memories of the ghostlly atmosphere of Ireland as from any researches into Transylvanian history.
As a collection of true stories from nonprofessional writer, this book has a disarmingly modest atmosphere with no conscious attempt to make the flesh creep, but its very simplicity carries conviction. - from the blurb
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Book Information
- Author : Seymour; St. John D. & Harry L. Neligan
- Publisher : Castle Books
- Book Condition
: Very Good - - Jacket Condition : Very Good
- Book Type : Hard Cover
- Published Location : Secaucus
- Published Year : 1974
- Book Edition : Reprint
- Book Number : UE27330
- ISBN : 0890098786