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A First signed numbered limited edition (100 copies only) hardback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing. Price still on dust jacket. Unread.
Book #15 of 100. SIGNED by editor Ian Whates on the limitation page.
SYNOPSIS: “Sinister tales, ghost stories, thrillers and vignettes that reach back as far as the Victorian era, all steeped in the essence of London’s urban community, its industrial heritage, the docks, Victoriana, the Blitz and the War. Nine original stories and seven classic reprints that explore the capital’s dark underbelly but also celebrate its character and charm.
Sixteen stories, one city. Welcome to London as you’ve never seen her before.
Full Contents: *Introduction by Ian Whates; *Hunger – Bryony Pearce; * A Street – Arthur Morrison; *A Maze for the Minotaur – Reggie Oliver; *The Phantom Model (A Wapping Romance) – Hume Nisbet; *The Hand That Rocks The Cradle – Juliet E. McKenna; *The Ghost of Cock Lane – Rose Biggin; *Watercress Girl – Henry Mayhew; *Queen Rat – David Rix; *Christopherson – George Gissing; *From The Casebook of Master Wiggins, Esq. – Paul Di Filippo; *Albert And The Engine Of Albion – Terry Grimwood; *In the Tube – E.F. Benson; *A Romance of the Piccadilly Tube – T.G. Jackson; *Blood and Bone – Susan Boulton; *Behind the Shade – Arthur Morrison; *Southall Tantra – Paul StJohn Mackintosh; *About the Authors.”
Packed weight 540gms. IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH
