Friday, July 27, 2012

The Vagaries of Book-Buyers: Collecting Books on the Occult

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The following article appeared in Book-Lore in May 1887, and proves that nothing much changes in the world of book collecting. The Vagari...
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Monday, July 23, 2012

Lost Artists: Alan Odle

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Alan Odle is one of the last of the black-and-white artists of the early 20th century to receive proper attention. A friend of Harry Clarke ...
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Friday, July 20, 2012

Ghost Stories

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A nice article about ghost stories by C.S. Evans that appeared in The Bookman in December 1919. The Lure of the Occult It was probably...
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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Kathleen Lindsay

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Not in the same literary league as Stefan Grabinski and Hope Mirrlees, but certainly deserving of a note somewhere is British-born author...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

HOPE MIRRLEES - THE ANGEL OF DUSK

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Hope Mirrlees (1887-1978) is mostly remembered for her fantasy novel, Lud-in-the-Mist (1926), which was reprinted in the Pan Ballantine Adul...
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Monday, July 2, 2012

STEFAN GRABINSKI - ON THE HILL OF ROSES

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Hieroglyphic Press have just published a translation (by Miroslav Lipinski) of Stefan Grabinski's first full collection of fantastical ...
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Thursday, June 7, 2012

PERCEVAL LANDON: A BOOK OF SHADOWS

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Perceval Landon (1869-1927) is well-known to ghost story connoisseurs as the author of “Thurnley Abbey”, a classic in the field, often used ...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Kathleen Sully Revisited

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I mentioned in an earlier post the books of Kathleen Sully, whose work had been recommended to 'Sarban' by their mutual publisher, N...
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