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Title:

The Random House book of ghost stories / edited by Susan Hill ; illustrated by Angela Barrett.

Edition:

1st Random House ed.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

1991

Description:

222 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Ghost stories, English.
Ghosts--Fiction.
Short stories.

Other Authors:

Hill, Susan, 1942-
Barrett, Angela, ill.

Notes:

"Originally published in great Britain as The Walker Book of ghost stories by Walker Books Ltd., London, in 1990"--T.P. verso. A collection of seventeen ghost stories by authors including Eleanor Farjeon, Joan Aiken, Walter R. Brooks, and Leon Garfield.

Contents:

Nule / Jan Mark -- Young Kate / Eleanor Farjeon -- Joanna's secret / Pauline Hill -- Sam and the sea / George Mackay Brown -- Kindly ghost / Ruth Manning-Sanders -- Yellow ball / Philippa Pearce -- Damp spectre / Dorothy Edwards -- Little nym / Joan Aiken -- Beware of the ghost! / Catherine Sefton -- Jimmy takes vanishing lessons / Walter R. Brooks -- Uninvited ghosts / Penelope Lively -- Laughter in the dark / Leon Garfield -- Through the door / Ruth Ainsworth -- Battle with the bogles -- Grandmother's footsteps / John Gordon -- Bring me a light / Ruth Manning-Sanders -- Friend forever / Susan Hill.

Summary:

A collection of seventeen ghost stories by authors including Eleanor Farjeon, Joan Aiken, Walter R. Brooks, and Leon Garfield.

ISBN:

0679912347 (lib. bdg.)
9780679912347 (lib. bdg.)
9780679912347 (lib. bdg.) :
0679912347 (lib. bdg.) :
9780679812340
0679812342

LCCN:

90008604

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