nezu press exeter (16 resultados)

Exeter: Nezu Press:, 2024. Hardcover, New sans dust jacket as issued, 135 pp. We're crazy about these Nezu Press tirles. "Gratiana Chanter's novella The Witch of Withyford: A Story of Exmoor, containing her own illustrations, was first published by J. M. Dent & Co. in May 1896. In it, Nance Darvel, a gruesome woman who lives in a hovel, is intent on punishing a slight by destroying the life of the local squire. It is an uncanny tale of witchcraft, superstition, child-theft and revenge, set in Gratiana's beloved Devonshire and told by an elderly servant of Withyford Grange. This current edition includes three other tales: 'The Appledore Boy', 'The Shadowy Hillside', and 'The Forty Thieves of Exmoor'. It also includes all of the author's illustrations for the first edition and a detailed biographical essay by Gina R. Collia, 'Gratiana Chanter: A Typical Daughter of Devon'." Hardcover, New sans dust jacket as issued,

Exeter: Nezu Press:, 2024. Hardcover, New sans dust jacket as issued, 146 pp. "Clarice Ainslie is utterly heartless; she cares for nobody but herself. She is also terrified of everything old and determined to remain young forever, so she agrees to become the guinea pig for Dr Head's 'Arrested Age' experimental treatment. Far from being put off by the extremely high financial cost of the treatment, the doctor's frank description of what she will have to endure-including the removal of all her teeth and virtual imprisonment within his home for the length of time it will take to complete the process, Clarice forges ahead without giving any of it much thought. But there is a price to pay for such obsessive vanity. and it is a high one." Hardcover, New sans dust jacket as issued,

Exeter: Nezu Press:, 2023. Hardcover, New sans dust jacket as issued, 141 pp. "George R. Preedy is one of the pen names of Margaret Gabrielle Vere Campbell, the writer best known as Marjorie Bowen. First published in 1932, 'The Devil Snar'd' is an eerie tale of supernatural influence; it was described by the Daily Herald as a 'ghost story fit to stand beside The Turn of the Screw.' Grace Fielding and her husband Philip have taken a house-Medlar's Farm-at a remote spot in Northumberland to get away from London and repair their broken marriage." Hardcover, New sans dust jacket as issued,

Condición: Hardcover, New in dust jacket, Exeter: Nezu Press:, 2025. Hardcover, New in dust jacket, 101 pp. The Door Ajar, a collection of seven short stories of the weird and uncanny by Virginia Milward, was first published by William Rider & Son, Limited, in the spring of 1912. Two of the tales are premonitory, and three of them involve haunted objects-a book from the time of plague, a silver box that witnessed the French Revolution, and a painting from fifteenth-century Florence-that reveal the tragic ends of those who once possessed them. The atmosphere in all of the stories is oppressive; the women in them are haunted, desperate, tortured, abandoned or exhausted, and the cause for their sad state is usually a man, for 'where men go pain follows-pain and misery of mind.' These are tales in which 'woman suffers and the man sins, and the man shares all the sin, but not the suffering.'.

Exeter: Nezu Press:, 2025. Hardcover, New in dust jacket., 109 pp. "The Vanishing Hand was published for private circulation in 1893, when its author, Emma Lea Wilson, was sixty-four years old. It contains the novelette 'The Vanishing Hand', the novella 'A Clever Trick', and the short story 'An Authentic Story of a Dog'. The title story is a criminous tale about strange nocturnal goings on at isolated Crighton Manor. Young Alice Taylor thinks she's seen a ghost when a hand appears at her bedroom door and then fades away before her very eyes, so she enlists the help of 'Aunt Lucy' to solve the mystery. 'A Clever Trick' is the story of two stepsisters who fall prey to a wicked plan hatched by a devious stepmother. And the third tale is about a stray dog, a true 'cur of low degree', who befriends the female narrator of the story in order to avoid being stoned. The tales are clever and entertaining. and they are made all the more interesting by the fact that the contents were in part true." Hardcover, New in dust jacket.,

Exeter: Nezu Press:, 2024. First printing, Hardcover, New in dust jacket, 232 pp. (R. Ellis Roberts). . . only collection of uncanny short stories, The Other End, was published by Cecil Palmer and received glowing reviews. The critic for the Bookman declared the author 'as well able to write stories of his own as to criticise those of others', having achieved a mastery of his subject that at times 'challenges comparison with Poe and Hawthorne'." First printing, Hardcover, New in dust jacket,

Condición: Hardcover, New in dust jacket, Exeter: Nezu Press:, 2023. Hardcover, New in dust jacket, 218 pp. "Nancy Reynard is the youngest of seven children. She is the seventh child of a seventh child. In fact, as both of her parents are seventh children, she is a seventh child twice over. She is the daughter of Colonel Septimus Reynard and his wife Blanche, and she lives very happily with her family at the Warren in Minchester until she reaches the age of ten, when she discovers that she has the gift of second sight; unfortunately, it is more of a nuisance and inconvenience for poor Nancy. She starts 'seeing' things, in particular things about her sister Blanche's new fiancé, and blurting them out for all and sundry to hear, much to his annoyance. And so begins Nancy's career as a reluctant psychic detective. And now, no liar, thief or murderer is safe when she is near. or thousands of miles away.".

Condición: Hardcover, New in dust jacket, Exeter: Nezu Press:, 2023. Hardcover, New in dust jacket, 425 pp. Nezu. Have a look at the books of theirs that we stock. They're neat. . . for a number of reasons. You'll see more of them from us. About the particular title: "First published in 1882, 'Through the Night: Tales of Shades and Shadows' contains fourteen traditional Victorian supernatural stories. There are tales of vengeful ghosts, wraiths, premonitions, voodoo, curses, folklore and fairies. Isabella Banks, best remembered for her novel 'The Manchester Man', was known for her historical accuracy and meticulous attention to detail, and the appendix from the first edition, which outlines the historical background for the stories, is included in this current edition. Also included in this edition is an introductory essay by Gina R. Collia, 'Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks: The Lancashire Antiquarian'.".

Condición: Hardcover, New in dust jacket, Exeter: Nezu Press:, 2025. Hardcover, New in dust jacket, 227 pp. "From Out of the Silence', originally published in 1920, is Bessie Kyffin-Taylor's only volume of short stories. It contains seven supernatural tales set around the time of the First World War, perfect for 'those who enjoy having their hair raised by tales of restless spirits' (Liverpool Daily Post, 13 January 1921). In addition to the seven tales, this new edition includes 'Afterwards!', Bessie's non-fiction piece about wartime unemployment, written for the Liverpool Evening Express in 1919. It also includes a 23-page biographical essay by Gina R. Collia: 'Bessie Kyffin-Taylor: A Graceful Writer of Ghost Stories'.".

Condición: Hardcover, New in dust jacket, Dore Ilustrador. Exeter: Nezu Press:, 2025. Hardcover, New in dust jacket, 204 pp. Cover artwork by: Dore "Roger Locke is an accomplished composer from New York. In need of a summer residence that he can retreat to when New York becomes too hot to work in, he buys the old Michell place in Connecticut. But the house is haunted, and the entity haunting it is no mere ghost-no puny dead human that our hero has some hope of comprehending and conquering. The 'Thing' that haunts Roger is outside of his understanding, possesses power beyond his imagination, and is kept at bay solely by the resistance of his mind: a mind which, with each encounter with 'It', has the potential to weaken and fail.".

Condición: Hardcover, New in dust jacket, Exeter: Nezu Press:, 2024. Hardcover, New in dust jacket, 421 pp. Cool. "Charlotte Chanter is best known as the author of Ferny Combes, a guide to collecting and identifying the ferns of Devonshire. Her only fiction novel, Over the Cliffs, was first published in two volumes by Smith, Elder and Co. in the autumn of 1860. The story is set on the coast of Devon at the beginning of the nineteenth century. It is a tale of murder, a stolen inheritance, smuggling, shipwrecks, blackmail, treachery, greed, plotting, counter-plotting. and love. There is even a hint of the supernatural in the form of a sighing ghost. Its fearless heroine is Gratiana Dawson, the daughter of a brutal bully who hates his children and is prone to violent paroxysms of passion.".

Condición: Hardcover, New in dust jacket, Exeter: Nezu Press:, 2025. Hardcover, New in dust jacket, 264 pp. "Henry Beale wants to paint Mockways, an ancient country house that sits in isolation on the Welsh border. When the artist's friend Edward Falkland saves the life of Mockways' owner, the eccentric millionaire Jessamy Dobree, and is offered a favour in return, he asks for access to the house on Beale's behalf. But Dobree flatly refuses Falkland's request. until he mentions the name 'Sarah Lomax'. Before he knows it, Falkland is whisked off to the strange old property-along with the rich man's ward, Isabel Conway, and her nurse-and held there against his will, forced to take part in ghost hunts while Dobree and his sinister companion, Harvey Manning, search the house from top to bottom, looking for a mysterious box hidden long ago by Mockways' previous owner. This new edition includes a 19-page biographical essay by Gina R. Collia: 'Margaret Campbell: The Lady with the Hundred Names'.".

Condición: Hardcover, New in dust jacket, Exeter: Nezu Press:, 2025. Hardcover, New in dust jacket, 305. "Sheep's-Head and Babylon: And Other Stories of Yesterday and To-Day, first published in 1929 by John Lane, The Bodley Head, is a collection of eighteen short stories, ranging in period from the seventeenth century to the 1920s and set in various locations, including England, Scotland, France, and Italy. The themes vary as much as the periods and settings; there are tales of the occult, of murder and tragedy, along with cynical studies of modern life. Some are cruel, others are fantastic, and all are 'uncommonly good(Illustrated London News, 16 November 1929). This new edition of the collection includes a 19-page biographical essay by Gina R. Collia: 'Margaret Campbell: The Lady with the Hundred Names'.".

Condición: Hardcover, New in dust jacket, Exeter: Nezu Press:, 2024. Hardcover, New in dust jacket, 410 pp. "The first of two volumes containing stories by Keith Fleming (pseudonym of female author K. E. Fitz-Patrick). This volume contains the novellas 'By the Night Express', 'Dolores', and 'Love Stronger than Death', the novel "Can Such Things Be?", and the short stories 'So Innocent', 'The Transfiguration of Lettice Willoughby', and 'The Red Skirt'. Until now, next to nothing was known about the author. This volume contains a 21-page biographical essay by Gina R. Collia revealing a large amount of new information about the writer's background and life-'Most Unassuming in Demeanour': The Life of K. E. Fitz-Patrick.".

Condición: Hardcover, New in dust jacket, Exeter: Nezu Press:, 2025. Hardcover, New in dust jacket, 355 pp. "Adelaide Fenton is obsessed with the idea of marrying James Daintry, the sole heir of an old, aristocratic, and rather eccentric family, the members of which have all met tragic ends. James's great-uncle, Lord Seagrove, was hanged at Tyburn for the murder of a village girl, Harriet Bond, whose 'fetch' is said to haunt the folly at Charters, one of the family's estates. While Adelaide is busy planning for her marriage, her younger sister is busy dabbling in blackmail, and her mother is busy consulting her solicitor in the hope of gaining financially from the whole business, James, convinced that he is being haunted by Harriet's ghost, is slowly descending into madness.".

Condición: Hardcover, New in dust jacket, Exeter: Nezu Press:, 2025. Hardcover, New in dust jacket, 468 pp. "The second of two volumes containing stories by Keith Fleming (pseudonym of female author K. E. Fitz-Patrick). This volume contains two novels, At the Eleventh Hour and The Sins of the Fathers, and the short stories 'The Courage of Kathie', 'An Audacious Wager', and 'Garth Austin's Strategy'.".