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The Collected Macabre Stories. [Introduction by Mark Valentine].

Hartley, L.P.

[Coverdale, Leyburn, North Yorkshire]: Tartarus, 2021.

Price: $125.00

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About the item

First edition, one of 350 copies. xiv, [2], 393 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blak boards stamped in silver. Fine in near fine lavender dust jacket (tiniest scuff at foot of spine panel).

Item #374315

The definitive collection of the uncanny tales of Leslie Poles Hartley (1895-1972), British author, literary reviewer, novelist, and master of the macabre short story. He produced notable work from his first book, Night Fears (1924) and was a frequent contiributor to Lady Asquith’s series of Ghost Books. With a biographical and critical introduction by Mark Valentine. This volume has been reprinted several times.