AN ITINERANT HOUSE & OTHER GHOST STORIES by Emma Frances Dawson. Portland, ME; Thomas Loring & Co.; 2007. 1st edition hardcover. The collected supernatural fiction of author, including unabridged reprint of all ten stories in AN ITINERANT HOUSE (1897 - all of them supernatural), plus three ghost stories by Dawson from periodicals never before appearing in book form, plus a translation by Dawson of a weird tale from the German. This volume additionally has all ten illustrations by Ernest C. Peixotto from the original edition of AN ITINERANT HOUSE: frontis with portrait of author, photo of her grave marker, and facsimile of her signature: facsimile of prospectus for the original Doxey edition: 18,000-word introductory essay with biographical, historical and critical material: appreciation of Dawson by Ambrose Bierce. Issued in a LIMITED edition of 500 copies. Fine in pictorial boards without dj as issued. |