An antique collector hears of an ancient woman with a large collection of china. Hoping to complete a particular set, the collector pays a visit to the woman's ramshackle house, where she makes a terrifying discovery. This 1933 story confirmed Marjorie Bowen as one of our best ghost story writers.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Seth
EAN: 9781771961233
COUNTRY: Canada
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WEIGHT: 70 g
HEIGHT: 152 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Biblioasis
DATE PUBLISHED: 2016-11-24
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GENRE: FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Ghost, FICTION / Horror, FICTION / Holidays
WIDTH: 101 cm
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Book Themes:
Classic horror and ghost stories
Marjorie Bowen (1885--1952) was a prolific British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history, and biography. Seth is the cartoonist behind the comic book series Palookaville, which started in the stone age as a pamphlet and is now a semi-annual hardcover. His comics have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Best American Comics, and McSweeneys Quarterly. His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications including the cover of the New Yorker. He is also Lemony Snicket's partner for the new Young Readers series, All the Wrong Questions, and has illustrated and designed a new, deluxe edition of Stephen Leacock's Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town. He is the designer for several classic comics reprint series, notably collections of work by Charles Schulz, John Stanley, and Doug Wright.
