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Shivers for Christmas 1st Ed with Terry Pratchett and Richard Adams Ghost Stories Hardback Book

Shivers for Christmas 1st Ed with Terry Pratchett and Richard Adams Ghost Stories Hardback Book

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Shivers for Christmas with a New Story by Richard Adams, with authors including Terry Pratchett, Stephen Gallagher, Saki, Hugh Walpole and Joan Aiken.

This super book of Supernatural tales was first published in 1995 and this is the first edition first printing.

The stories are a mix including classic tales from such as Saki the master of macabre and Nathaniel Hawthorne and more contemporary stories by Terry Pratchett. Interestingly the the book contains a first printing of a Ghost Story by Richard Adams never before published.

Some Highlights - The Ferry by Joan Aiken is an eerie tale of revenge set in the Bleak Ferry house. Terry Pratchett's coachride into nightmarish version of Yuletide, and Richard Adams exclusive story about a creepy alien encounter in the depths of the sea....

Contents: The Discovery of the Treasure Isles - Amelia Edwards Ashers Last Hour - George Manville Fenn The Christmas Banquet - Nathaniel Hawthorne The Wolves of Cernogratz - Saki Ganthony's Wife - E. Temple Thurston Mr Huffam - Hugh Walpole Jeremiah - Jessica Amanda Salmonson Two Returns - Terry Lamsley Billy Drops In - Jill Drower Sweet Chiming Bells - Roger Johnson Fancy That! - Stephen Gallagher Twenty Pence with Envelope and Seasonal Greeting - Terry Pratchett The Bommie and the Drop-off - Richard Adams The Ferry - Joan Aiken The Maid - Jane Beeson It will all be over by Christmas - Alan McMurray

Shivers for Christmas Edited by Richard Dalby, First Edition, first printing, 199 Michael 'O' Mara Books Ltd London.

A super book full of Creepy Tales for Christmas for a traditional Ghost Night or Haunted Evening!

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