The bumper book of ghost stories.
jay quinn
I'm new to the boards and i hope i'm in the right place because i have
a couple of questions re: an old children's ghost story book that are
driving me insane because i can't find the book anywhere.it was called
the bumper book of ghost stories and was edited by mary danby.I think
it was a second volume because ive since located " the bumper book of
ghost stories , edited by mary danby " and it didn't have the same
stories in it.
The one im looking for had a story in it called the "devil's horse"
and "dreamghost".
If anyone has the book or knows what the hell im rambling on about
could they tell me the correct title of the book and its contents
page, ie the names of the stories and the authors.Was the bumper book
a series?if so, how many were there and were they reprints?
Apologies if i am on the wrong board,
regards,
jay.
Barbara Roden
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> Hi everyone,
> I'm new to the boards and i hope i'm in the right place because i have
> a couple of questions re: an old children's ghost story book that are
> driving me insane because i can't find the book anywhere.it was called
> the bumper book of ghost stories and was edited by mary danby.I think
> it was a second volume because ive since located " the bumper book of
> ghost stories , edited by mary danby " and it didn't have the same
> stories in it.
> The one im looking for had a story in it called the "devil's horse"
> and "dreamghost".
According to Ashley and Contento's SUPERNATURAL INDEX, the only story called
'Dream Ghost' is by one Sydney J. Bounds, and it has only appeared in one
anthology: THE EIGHTH ARMADA GHOST BOOK (London: Armada, ISBN 0-00-691142-0,
1976, 127pp, pbk, orig. price 40p), edited by Mary Danby. The contents are:
'The Terrible Gaoler' by Rosemary Timperley
'Sarah' by Roger Malisson
'Sir Harry Mortlake's Clock' by Joyce Marsh
'The Haunted Pillar-Box' by Rosemary Timperley
'Dream Ghost' by Sydney J. Bounds
'Crusoe's Parrot' by Rick Ferreira
'The Girl in the Mirror' by Margot Arnold
'Takeover' by David Langford
'A Red, Red Rose' by Ruth Cameron
'The Woodseaves Ghosts' by Catherine Gleason
'The Haunted River' by Charles Thornton
'Time After Time' by Mary Danby
Again according to the SUPERNATURAL INDEX, the only story called 'Devil
Horse' is by Patricia Leitch; its only appearance was in THE TWELFTH ARMADA
GHOST BOOK (London: Armada, ISBN 0-00-691670-0, 1980, 126pp, pbk, orig.
price 75p), edited by Mary Danby. The contents are:
'Someone Drowned' by Tony Richards
'The Chess Set' by David Langford
'Devil Horse' by Patricia Leitch
'The Proving' by Terry Tapp
'The Cat Room' by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
'Kept In' by Rosemary Timperley
'Studderley Tower' by Joyce Marsh
'Dressed for the Occasion' by Terry Tapp
'The Haunted Village' by Sydney J. Bounds
'The Red Miller' by Mary Danby
There's no indication that these volumes were ever combined into one bumper
volume, nor do either of the stories you singled out appear in any other
collections; these were their sole appearances. Danby did put together a
volume called THE GREEN GHOST AND OTHER STORIES in 1989, a collection of 42
stories taken from the Armada ghost anthologies, but neither of the stories
you mention was included.
Danby edited some 37 anthologies over the years, but if you're looking for
those two stories then this information might narrow the search somewhat. .
. .
Barbara
John Pelan
wrote:
Don't know if this helps, but the "Bumper Book of Ghost Stories"
contained 19 tales, including work by:
Rosemary Timperley, Kay Leith, Mary Danby, Christine Pullein-Thompson,
Julia Birley and Sydney J. Bounds... As to whether or not this is the
book in question, I can't say.
Of course, now I'm curious as to whether or not the Thompson is one
that I have or a tale that's eluded me thus far...
Cheers,
John Pelan
Michael Cook
> I'm new to the boards and i hope i'm in the right place because i have
> a couple of questions re: an old children's ghost story book that are
> driving me insane because i can't find the book anywhere.it was called
> the bumper book of ghost stories and was edited by mary danby.I think
> it was a second volume because ive since located " the bumper book of
> ghost stories , edited by mary danby " and it didn't have the same
> stories in it.
> The one im looking for had a story in it called the "devil's horse"
> and "dreamghost".
> jay.
I'm not sure whether the information that follows actually helps, but
Rick Kennett wrote an article on the _Ghost Book_ series that appeared
in _All Hallows_, Issue 20 (Feb 1999). Rick noted therein:
"Since the 1950s Pan Books had been reprinting the various volumes of
_The Ghost Book_ in paperback, bringing out the later edition usually
two years after their hardback appearance. Volume six was split into
two parts, while volumes ten and eleven were published together in a
single thick paperback as _The Bumper Book of Ghost Stories_; likewise
volumes twelve and thirteen were published together as _The Second
Bumper Book of Ghost Stories_. Pan went on to produce two more large
volumes in the _Bumper Book_ series in 1980 and 1981, and although
they were not incarnations of _The Ghost Book_ -- sourced instead from
_The Midnight Ghost Book_ (Barrie & Jenkins, 1978) and _The After
Midnight Ghost Book_ (Hutchinson & Co., 1980) -- they were in a very
real sense descendents of that prestigious anthology published
fifty-five years earlier by that 'Friend and Patron of Ghosts and of
their Creators', Lady Cynthia Asquith."
Assuming that the stories referred to by Jay did indeed appear in one
of the _Bumper_ books, it's possible to ascertain from additional
information in the article that they didn't appear in either the first
or the second. But I haven't been able to determine which, if any, of
the ensuing _Bumper_ books contained them. (The third and fourth
volumes in the series appear to have been edited by James Hale,
however, and not Mary Danby.)
Yrs,
Michael Cook
Barbara Roden
"Michael Cook" <cookmicha...@satx.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Assuming that the stories referred to by Jay did indeed appear in one
> of the _Bumper_ books, it's possible to ascertain from additional
> information in the article that they didn't appear in either the first
> or the second. But I haven't been able to determine which, if any, of
> the ensuing _Bumper_ books contained them. (The third and fourth
> volumes in the series appear to have been edited by James Hale,
> however, and not Mary Danby.)
The third and fourth Bumper books were indeed edited by James Hale, but
neither contain the stories to which Jay referred. Their only appearance
seems to have been in the two Armada anthologies I mentioned earlier; they
weren't subsequently singled out for inclusion in any of the omnibuses
(unless there's another Bumper book that's been published since Ashley and
Contento's SUPERNATURAL INDEX came out c. 1994.
Barbara
Barbara
jay quinn
Hey everyone,
The bumper book I was referring to did indeed contain a story called
the red miller, as well as devils horse, and dream ghost was by Sydney
J bounds.The latter also included a story called "the ghost train".
It's looking a lot like this book was indeed a reprint of the earlier
armada books.If only I could get hold of its contents list.
Incedently, on a separate issue, i've been trying to track down 2
ghost stories an old teacher once told us in school. One was about a
demonic cat- Not edgar allen poe's tale- this was about a ginger cat
and a homeless man who continually pestered the narrater until he
murdered him, the man returned as the cat and destroys the narrater's
life, similar to poe's tale.
The second was about a man who was laid out in his coffin in a church
vault a hundred years ago- but he turned out not to be dead and was
eaten by the rats down there.the tale follows two sceptical ghost
hunters investigating- one of whom gets locked in the vault and
witnesses the horror repeat itself.
if anyone has any information?
jay
>
> Barbara
>
> Barbara
jay quinn
ps. not to be a pain, but now you've got me a little hooked on the
Armada series as a whole, ive searched the net, but can't find any
info other that who edited each edition,
wondering if some kind person who owns that encyclopedia would go to
the trouble of listing out the contents of the books (ie story and
author, much like was done above with the twelfth edition).I think it
may be the only way im going to track all the stories that were in
"the bumper book" that i read.
Jay
Todd T
What else do you know about these Armada anthologies? Were they aimed at
adults or younger readers? Were they generally written to a high standard?
Apart from Langford, I only recognize Chetwind-Hayes and Timperley in these
two you've listed. Were the other authors known from other genres?
- Todd T.
"Barbara Roden" <neb...@telus.net> wrote in message
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John Pelan
wrote:
>I had no idea David Langford wrote ghost stories. Interesting. Thanks.
>
>What else do you know about these Armada anthologies? Were they aimed at
>adults or younger readers? Were they generally written to a high standard?
>Apart from Langford, I only recognize Chetwind-Hayes and Timperley in these
>two you've listed. Were the other authors known from other genres?
>
>- Todd T.
Were/are
Rick Ferreira had a collection published by Kimber, Tony Richards has
a story in DARKSIDE #4 and just had a novella out from Sarob.
Cheers,
John
jay quinn
Jim Rockhill
"jay quinn" <jace...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> anyone?????
Huw Lines
The Third Armada Ghost Book
- House of Fear - Sydney J. Bounds
- The Headless Horseman - Ruth Manning-Sanders
- There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard - M.R. James
- The House That Lacked a Bogle - Sorche Nic Leodhas
- Out of the Earth - Flavia Richardson
- Proof - Henry Cecil
- Brownie - R. Chetwynd-Hayes
- The Red Cane - E.F. Bozman
- The Skull - Ruth Manning-Sanders
- Ghost of Honour - Pamela Hansford Johnson
- The Young Irish Lad from the Hiring Fair - Sorche Nic Leodhas
- The Rocking-Horse Room - Mary Danby
The Fourth Armada Ghost Book
- Floating Hair - Julia Birley
- Three Ghosts - John Keir Cross
- The Haunted Dolls' House - M.R. James
- The Ghost Train - Sydney J. Bounds
- The Bus-Conductor - E.F. Benson
- The Three D's - Ogden Nash
- The Little Black Ghost - Ruby McMillan
- Teeny-Tiny - anon.
- Let's Play Ghosts - Pamela Vincent
- A View of the Sea - Mary Danby
The Fifth Armada Ghost Book
- The Mourning Brooch - Ray Gottlieb
- The Skeleton Rider - Christine Pullein-Thompson
- Sleeping Bones - Pamela Vincent
- Humblepuppy - Joan Aiken
- The Captain's Yacht - Joyce Marsh
- Macauslan's Castle - Iain Dennler
- Paget - Lucy Norris
- The Haunted Tower - Sydney J. Bounds
- Uncle Jim - Martin Ricketts
- The Old Greenhouse - Kay Leith
- The Last Earl - Mary Danby
The Sixth Armada Ghost Book
- Mirror Mirror on the Wall - Ruth Ainsworth
- Mackrin Mains - Kay Leith
- Thr Ghost With a Long Memory - Pat Klacar
- Cobwebs - Terry Gisbourne
- Splendid Ancestor - Mary Clarke
- Isobel's Pony - Christine Pullein-Thompson
- Alicia - Louise Francke
- The Model - James Turner
- Room at the Inn - Sydney J. Bounds
- Edward - Mary Danby
The Seventh Armada Ghost Book
- The Shepard's Dog - Joyce Marsh
- When the Moon Was Full - Pamela Vincent
- The Life and Soul of the Party - Julia Birley
- A Cat on the Drive - Brian Morse
- Portrait of Rhoda - Lucy Norris
- The Tockley Familiar - Kay Leith
- The Hanging Tree - Sydney J. Bounds
- The Old Man of the Hills - Mary Clarke
- The Fun Fair Ghost - Ray Gottlieb
- The Curse of the White Owl - Tim Vicary
- The Man With the Beard - Rosemary Timperley
Hope that helped. I'm busy now, but will list the others later.
Huw
Huw Lines
> jace...@hotmail.com (jay quinn) wrote in message news:<e541cfec.04062...@posting.google.com>...
> > anyone?????
Here are some more details for the Armada Ghost Book series:
The Ninth Armada Ghost Book
- The Last Fare - Guy Weiner
- House of Glass - Catherine Gleason
- The Murderous Ghosts - Rosemary Timperley
- The Haunted Circus - Sydney J. Bounds
- A Star for a Lady - Diana Pullein-Thompson
- Lisa - Daphne Froome
- Child of the Future - John Duncan
- The Phantom Pirates - Rick Ferreira
- Goodbye, Charlotte - Margaret Biggs
- The Vackie - Mary Danby
The Tenth Armada Ghost Book
- The Sinister Schoolmaster - Rosemary Timperley
- Misty - Margaret Biggs
- Hunters' Hill - Sydney J. Bounds
- The Warning - Joyce Marsh
- The Ghosts of Nisos Trikkeri - Margot Arnold
- Mousey - John Halkin
- The Doll - Terry Tapp
- The Post Room - Catherine Gleason
- George - Joan Selby-Lowndes
- The Grey Lady - Mary Danby
The Eleventh Armada Ghost Book
- The Green Ghost - Terry Tapp
- The King Stone - Margaret Biggs
- Tom - Frank Richards
- The Lavender Lady - Valerie Waters
- Magic on the Field - Eve Gothard
- Stella - Rosemary Timperley
- This Book Belongs To... - Daphne Froome
- A Ghost in the Family - Christine Pullein-Thompson
- The Ghostly Gardeners - Ruth Cameron
- The Old Siege House - Sydney J. Bounds
- The House Ghosts - Mary Danby
The Thirteenth Armada Ghost Book
- Ghost Hunter - Sydney J. Bounds
- The Return of the Lorelei - Ken Burke
- The Girl in the Cellar - Tony Richards
- The Day I Died - Terry Tapp
- The Baby-Sitter - Alison Prince
- The Fisherman's Ghost - Maxine Bailey
- The Thing That Went Bump in the Night - Rosemary Timperley
- Dance of Death - Ken Burke
- The Shadow-Cage - Philippa Pearce
- Lorimer's Bride - Mary Danby
The Fourteenth Armada Ghost Book
The Longest Journey - Catherine Gleason
- The Junk Room - Terry Tapp
- Under the Bedclothes - David Langford
- Gibson's - Ann Pilling
- The Ghost of Smeaton Hall - Geoffrey Palmer and Noel lloyd
- The Third Eye - R. Chetwynd-Hayes
- In Flanders Fields - Frances Thomas
- Can't Help Laughing - Alison Prince
- The Train Watchers - Sydney J. Bounds
- The Ghost Writer - Mary Danby
The Fifteenth Armada Ghost Book
- Run For Your Life - Philip Sidney Jennings
- Hallowe'en - Rita Morris
- Who's a Pretty Boy, Then? - Jan Mark
- The Patchwork Quilt - August Derleth
- The Sound of Sirens - Tony Richards
- Spirit of the Trail - Sydney J. Bounds
- Christmas in the Rectory - Catherine Storr
- The Servant - Alison Prince
- Whoever Heard of a Haunted Lift? - Alan W. Lear
- Mr. Jones - Mary Danby
Huw
jay quinn
Thank you very much for taking the time to do that.It is much appreciated.
:-)
Jay.
jay quinn
I was still curious about the whole "bumper book of ghost stories
affair", were they reprints of the above series?Doing a search i came
across this and was wondering if anyone has the lists of stories(
taken from the article) referred to above?
>In addition to the 3 "Ghost Books" edited by Lady Asquith, I have a
4th
>edited by James Turner. Were there any others? Can someone explain
the
>connection between the 4th volume and the other 3--I know it features
>many of the same writers, but was it originally Asquith's project? I
>haven't read the Turner volume yet, but the 3 Asquith's are all
>certainly classics (I can't think of any anthologies of original
stories
>that I like better--in any genre).
To quote from Rick Kennett's article on the series from All Hallows 20
(Feb. 1999):
"By then [1977] it had published 224 stories (and one poem) by 122
authors, all contemporary.... The first three volumes were edited by
Cynthia Asquith, volume four by James Turner, five to nine by Rosemary
Timperley, ten and eleven by Aidan Chambers, twleve by Polly Parkins
(anonymously), and thirteen by James Hale."
10 and 11 were published together in pb as The Bumper Book of Ghost
Stories, and 12 and 13 as The Second Bumper Book of Ghost Stories.
Accompanying the article is a complete list of the stories in the
series, by author.
But don't take my word for it, buy the back issue and then subscribe
to All Hallows ASAP!
Bill B.
Jay.
jay quinn
I found what I was looking for:
Although the armada books were reprinted in the "!bumper book" series
( still wondering how many were in that series and the stories they
contained????)
There was a second "bumper book of ghost stories" series,if you will,
published by the london school book fair and edited by Mary Danby, one
in 1991 and a second in 1993.
The 1993 edition.
(ISBN:0006940358)
Danby Mary (ed).
Price: £ 0.90 [Convert Currency]
Shipping: [Rates and Speeds]
Book Description: Armada. 1993. Paperback. G/-. Mass Mkt Pbk 223pp.
Creasing to spine and cvr. Some edgewear and marking to cvr and pg
edges. Nineteen chilling tales of dark delight. 0006940358 1st pbk ed.
Bookseller Inventory #379900
Bookseller: TheBookCom (Cuckfield, WSx, United Kingdom)
The 1991 edition.
ISBN:0006942016)
Mary Dany.Kay Leith ,sydney J Bounds and Others
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Book Description: London: School Book Fairs, 1991. Good/No Jacket
Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Slightly worn paperback.17 Ghost
Stories. Bookseller Inventory #003960
Bookseller: Glencairn Books (Stourbridge, WMD, United Kingdom)
I think these were the only two in the series but am still curious to
know how many were in the original "bumper series " collection,
published from the late 1970's and what stories and authors they
contained.
can't bekieve I found it!
jay quinn
stories????????
Huw Lines
> does anyone have an index to the first series of bumper book of ghost
> stories????????
Jay, the contents of The Bumper Book of Ghost Stories (edited by Aidan
Chambers) are as follows:
- Recoil - Michael Delving
- An Evening at the Cromers' - Jean Stubbs
- The Fort - Dorothy K. Haynes
- End Game - L.P. Davies
- The Tale of Caseley Halt - Barry Sutton
- Soldier from the Wars Returning - George Mackay Brown
- The Coloured Transmission - R. Chetwynd-Hayes
- Mystery Man - Peter Dickinson
- A Jealous Ghost - Brian Morse
- Furry Night - Joan Aiken
- The Lady of the Long Lawns - Frederick Bradnum
- Leave of Absence - John Burke
- The Case of Dr. A.D. Hunter - Albert Rowe
- Rest in Peace - Victoria Williams
- Private Meadows - Christopher Leach
- Little Girl Lost - Rosemary Timperley
- The Death of Peggy Morrissey - William Trevor
- Refuge for the Heart - Victoria Williams
- The Pirate's Ghost - George Mackay Brown
- Kiss of Life - Dorothy K. Haynes
- Peake - Giles Gordon
- Trying to Connect You - John Rowe Townsend
- Na Jorka fo Bekoiski - Petronella Breinburg
- Hope Cottages - Brian Morse
- Folly - Frederick Bradnum
- The Custodian - Brian Morse
- The Band in the Park - Jean Stubbs
- The Trouble with Nathan - Christopher Leach
The Third Bumper Book of Ghost Stories (originally The Midnight Ghost
Book, edited by James Hale)includes:
- Breakages - Fay Weldon
- Witch's Kitten - Fred Urquhart
- Figments - Janice Elliott
- The Girl of My Dreams - Donald E. Westlake
- Tenants - Celia Dale
- The Spirit of Service - H.R.F. Keating
- On the Train to Chemnitz - Peter Tinniswood
- The Party - James Hamilton-Paterson
- The Gramophone - Steve Stern
- Call - Dulan Barber
- The Lady of the May - Michael Stewart
- Four Ash Cottage - Dulcie Gray
- The Necessary Authority - Giles Gordon
- The Loadstar - Alex Hamilton
- Alice - Jennifer Jenkins
- Waking or Sleeping - Willis Hall
- Game - Kathrine Talbot
- The Lovers - Alexander Cordell
- Dust - R.B. Hart
- There's a Time to Stop Looking - David Pownall
- A Walk with Harris - Forrest Webb
- Hyacinth - Tom Caslon
- The Talisman - Brian Freemantle
- Moth - Sam Gulliver
The Fourth Bumper Book of Ghost Stories (originally The After Midnight
Ghost Book, edited by James Hale) has the following stories:
- Glendower - Robert Nye
- Intercom - Agnes Short
- Spirit of the House - Fay Weldon
- Mink - Peter Dickinson
- Amongst the British Soldiers - Kathrine Talbot
- Summer, New York, 1978 - That's All - Peter Tinniswood
- The Victorian Leather Hat-Box - Willis Hall
- The Gold Medallion - Philip Evans
- Unsettled With Outbreaks of Rain - Michael Levey
- Rudolph Finkl's Apprenticeship - Steve Stern
- Moon Daisy - Celia Dale
- The Black Ghost of St. Helen - James Aldridge
- Mask - Giles Gordon
- Springtime at Kraznau - Sarah Lawson
- An Apple for Miss Stevenson - Michael Vestey
- A Child Is Born at the Inn - Graham Lord
- The Villa Inglese - Esme Dodderidge
- Reflections - Janice Elliott
- The Spirit of the Game - Kieran Prendiville
- Keep It in the Family - H.H. Washbrook
- Camford Cottage - Michael Gilbert
- O Keep the Cat Far Hence - Steve Wilson
- Will Stringer - Dominic Cooper
- The Tale of Edie's Teeth - Margaret A. Doody
Hope that helps, Jay. Now I'm off to rest my aching fingertips...
Cheers,
Huw
jay quinn
you have been much help,
do you have the index to the second bumper book?
then i'm done , i promise.
:-)
Huw Lines
Jay - I thought for some reason that you had the contents of the
second volume. Anyway, here it is...
The Second Bumper Book of Ghost Stories (ed. James Hale & Polly
Parkin)
- Call a Spade a Spade - Gilbert Phelps
- Footsteps - Sylvia Sherry
- Undesirable Residence - Lance Shelby
- The Question - Albert Rowe
- Out of Sight, Out of Life - Rosemary Timperley
- Calvunder - R. Chetwynd-Hayes
- In Spite of Himself - Giles Gordon
- Matthew Lurk, Tractorman - Dorothy K. Haynes
- A Shade Byronic - James Parkhill-Rathbone
- The Boy on the Bus - Margaret Potter
- Ghosts There Must Be With Me in This Old House - Steve Wilson
- Cuckoo - Dulan Barber
- Sport of the Oak - Kenneth Harker
- In at the Death - Donald E. Westlake
- The Uninvited - Eva Hanagan
- The Top Coat - Peter Tinniswood
- Hobe's Mother - Maria de Selby
- Mr. Saul - H.R.F. Keating
- Moving On - R.B. Hart
- Horses of Venice - Giles Gordon
Angel, All Innocence - Fay Weldon
- The Poltergeist - Graham Lord
- Gravedigger - Tom Caslon
Hope this is helpful,
Huw
Jim Rockhill
the Dorothy K. Haynes tales?
Jim
Huw Lines
> Do you have these collections, Huw? Any way I can bribe you for copies of
> the Dorothy K. Haynes tales?
>
> Jim
I don't come cheap, Jim! Actually, no - I don't have any of those
anthologies. I've got an old second-hand copy of Thou Shall Not Suffer
a Witch, but I don't know if it includes those stories...it's hidden
away in a box somewhere with lots of other books, waiting to be moved
to my new apartment and unpacked (probably around 2010 at the rate I'm
going!).
Huw
jay quinn
must track these down also!
Jim Rockhill
book - a very good one with illustrations by Mervyn Peake, which does not
include these tales - but am still missing several stories available only in
anthologies.
jay quinn
> must track these down also!
Hi Guys,
I am back to rack your brains again ( Those of you with the
supernatural encyclopedia that is)
The series I was originally looking for entitled " The Bumper book Of
ghost stories " was not the one we were discussing above.It was indeed
reprints of the earlier Armada books but was published between
1991-1993 by harper collins, specificly for "School Book Fairs".
The books are currently out of print so i can't track the stories they
contained.
I'm wondering if anyone A.Knows how many books were in this series (
I'm currently aware of 3:one edited by Mary Danby in 1991, another in
1993 and a third edited by Pamela oldfield in 1993)
B. which stories these reprints contained.
for reference:
Bumper book of ghost stories
ISBN:0006942016)
Sydney J Bounds, Mary Danby, Kay Leith
Book Description: Armada, 1991. Mass Market Paperback
Bumper book of ghost stories
Book Description: Armada. 1993. Paperback. G/-. Mass Mkt Pbk 223pp
Nineteen chilling tales of dark delight. 0006940358 1st pbk ed.
Bookseller Inventory #379900
Bumper book of ghost stories
HARPER COLLINS SCHOOL BOOK FAIRS SPECIAL 1993
I've been searching for these books since I began this thread weeks
ago-with no luck- at least if i know the contents and how many were in
the series, i could perhaps attempt to track the stories individually.
Thanks in advance,
Jay.
Huw Lines
Jay, the contents are the same, they're just later reprints. There are
quite a few copies listed for sale
here:http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bx=off&sts=t&ds=30&bi=0&tn=bumper+book+ghost+stories&sortby=2
Hope this helps.
Huw
Huw Lines
Jay, I forgot to mention in my earlier response: there is no mention
of any other 'Bumper Book of Ghost Stories' (other than the ones I
already listed, that is) in The Supernatural Index. There's certainly
nothing listed as being edited by Pamela Oldfield. If some later
editions of the books have fewer stories they may just be abridged
versions of the originals. I can find no other reference to them in
The Supernatural Index.
Huw