Here's the second batch. Same deal as above:

Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown-A Treasury of Bizarre Tales Old and New Selected by Marvin Kaye Guild America Books, Doubleday Book and Music Clubs - 1993. Fifty eight stories and poems. Authors include: Ray Bradbury, H.P. Lovecraft, Algernon Blackwood, Authur Machen, Richard Matheson, and many more. 573 pages including acknowledgements. Good condition, slightly wobbly, dj has tears, but is all there.:-)


The Real Life Diary of a Boomtown Girl a novel by David Breskin. 1989 Viking - good condition with dj. Smalltown Wyoming girl lands a job with an all-women blasting crew in a coal mine during the boom times all the while telling about her life on the new frontier.

Great Short Stories - Volume II Ghost Stories edited by William Patten. P.F. Collier & Son, 1906. Red board with decorative black border on front. Spine is loose and has been taped (stupidly with scotch tape!) I will post a list of the authors and stories if anyone is interested. Good stuff!! Very classic. 428 pages

Innocents Abroad Mark Twain, 1911 edition Grossett and Dunlap. Signed by my paternal grandfather. Spine, front and back cover are detached, but otherwise in decent condition.
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The Search for the Girl With the Blue Eyes- A Venture into Reincarnation - Jess Stearn, 1968 Doubleday & Co. Hardback with dj which has some discolouration. Book is in good condition. 304 pages.

The Auctioneer by Joan Samson. Simon & Schuster 1975. Hardback with dj which has small tears along tis edges. Book is in good condition. One of the best, terrifying novels I've ever read. Right up there with The Lottery by Shirley Jackson.

Mexico - A Study of Two Americas by Stuart Chase in collaboration with Marian Tyler. Illustrated by Diego Rivera. Inscribed by my paternal grandfather, Property of Paul F. Hudson of God knows where! 1942 MacMillan Company - Good condition, for reading, there are a few spots on the front and discolouration on the edges of the pages visible when closed. 338 pages including index

If I Were King by Justin Huntly McCarthy - Grossett & Dunlap, 1901. Intact, but spine is shaky. Photo plate on the front, green boards. Also inside front cover is a very dramatic plate/photo/engraving signed "Marceau." I think this may have been in conjunction with a movie, but don't remember for sure. It is inscribed by my paternal grandmother given to her in 1908 as a Christmas gift.

Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural edited by Herbert A. Wise & Phyllis Fraser - The Modern Library, 1944. 1080 pages including acknowledgements. This is one of those take apart and scan ones John mentioned. It is very readable, but missing front and back cover, though it still has the spine. It was "well-read" by whomever had it before me, then by myself and my children.:-) As with the other, I will list authors, etc. if there is interest.

And, last for now, but not least:

The Modern World Dictionary of the English Language with numerous editors, etc. Four volumes last copyright noted is 1906 by P. F. Collier & Son. Inside each front and back cover and facing pages is marbled(marbelised?) paper.

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The full title page description reads:

An original work on the new principle which com-
piles for each word the highest authorities
of all dictionaries on orthography, pronunciation,
etymology, meaning, origin, development, and use
including a condensed explanation of
over fifty thousand important subjects

To which is added a compendium of historical,
biographical, geographical, scientific, religious,
and sociological names, and

A complete summary of human
achievements in the nine-
teenth & twentieth centuries

With special reference to invention, exploration,
and the development of civilization through
scientific research

Illustrated with many colored
plates and drawings"

Each volume is approx. 3.5 inches thick, 8.5" wide, and 11.25 tall. They are very heavy! If anyone wants them, they will have to help with postage.

Thanks, again!

kat