Ghostly Tales

Spine-Chilling Stories of the Victorian Age

Buch | Hardcover

176 Seiten

2017
Chronicle Books (Verlag)
978-1-4521-5927-0 (ISBN)

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Fully illustrated with gorgeously spooky art, this handsome gift book showcases the best of the Victorian ghost story.

A VENGEFUL PHANTOM LURKS IN A COUNTRY GRAVEYARD. A WHALING CREW BECOMES TRAPPED ON A HAUNTED SHIP.

A HUMAN SKULL IS KEPT LOCKED IN A CUPBOARD, BUTSOMETIMES AT NIGHT, IT SCREAMS. . . .

This collection of tales transports the reader to a time when staircases creaked in old manor houses, and a candle could be blown out by a gust of wind, or by a passing ghost. Penned by some of the greatest Victorian novelists and masters of the ghost story genre, each story is illustrated with exquisitely eerie artwork in this special gift edition featuring an embossed textured case and a ribbon marker.

Bill Bragg is an award-winning artist and illustrator and a co-founder of the art publication and collective LE GUN. He has illustrated books for the Folio Society, Faber & Faber, and Penguin Random House. His illustrations also regularly appear in The Guardian, the New Yorker, and The New York Times, and his work is exhibited internationally. He lives in London.

Erscheinungsdatum	04.07.2017
Zusatzinfo	8 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	San Francisco
Sprache	englisch
Maße	197 x 236 mm
Gewicht	750 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Horror
	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
ISBN-10	1-4521-5927-0 / 1452159270
ISBN-13	978-1-4521-5927-0 / 9781452159270
Zustand	Neuware