Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder
 Dust-jacket illustration by Frank Utpatel for Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder (1947) | |
| Author | William Hope Hodgson |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Ronald Clyne |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Carnacki |
| Genre | Supernatural fiction, Detective fiction short stories |
| Publisher | Eveleigh Nash, Mycroft & Moran |
Publication date | 1913, 1947 (rev. ed.) |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 288, 241 pp |
| OCLC | 13117415 |
Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder is a collection of occult detective short stories by author William Hope Hodgson. It was first published in 1913 by the English publisher Eveleigh Nash. In 1947, a new edition of 3,050 copies was published by Mycroft & Moran and included three additional stories (being numbers 7-9 listed below). The Mycroft & Moran version is listed as No. 53 in Queen's Quorum: A History of the Detective-Crime Short Story As Revealed by the 100 Most Important Books Published in this Field Since 1845 by Ellery Queen.[1] All editions subsequent to the Mycroft and Moran edition print all nine stories.
Contents
Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder contains the following tales:
- "The Thing Invisible"
- "The Gateway of the Monster"
- "The House Among the Laurels"
- "The Whistling Room"
- "The Searcher of the End House"
- "The Horse of the Invisible"
- "The Haunted 'Jarvee'"
- "The Find"
- "The Hog"
Reprints
- Holden & Hardingham, 1920
- Mycroft & Moran, 1947
- London: Tom Stacey, 1972.
- St. Albans, UK: Panther, 1974.
- London: Tandem, 1974.
- London: Sphere, 1974.
- London: White Lion, 1975.
- London: Grafton, 1991.
- London: Wordsworth Editions, 2006.
References
- ↑ Ellery Queen (1951). Queen's Quorum: A History of the Detective-crime Short Story as Revealed in the 106 Most Important Books Published in this Field Since 1845. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-8196-0229-9.
Further reading
- Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. pp. 22–23. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 (PDF ebook). Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 844.
- Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. pp. 177–178. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
- Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 149–150. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.
External links
- Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder at Project Gutenberg
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Carnacki, the Ghost Finder public domain audiobook at LibriVox
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