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MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL

A First world edition hardback with a stated “First World Edition 2022 in Great Britain and the USA.” Unread.   Un-priced dust jacket as Severn House no longer put a price on their dust jackets. Pictorial boards.

A Reverend Mother Mystery.

SYNOPSIS:  “1920s Cork, Ireland.

The Reverend Mothe”s Christmas Day festivities are shattered when the Protes....

THE VISIONARY PAGEANT (Signed Numbered Ltd Novella)

A signed numbered limited edition (50 copies only) hardback novella with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Crease across top edge of front flap caused in transit.

This is book #27 of 50 copies only and is SIGNED by Paul Di Filippo on the limitation page.

This is Book #4 in Newcon’s Steampunk novella quartet.  The quartet comprises four nov....

THE VISIONARY PAGEANT (Signed Numbered Ltd Novella)

A signed numbered limited edition (50 copies only) hardback novella with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.

This is book #26 of 50 copies only and is SIGNED by Paul Di Filippo on the limitation page.

This is Book #4 in Newcon’s Steampunk novella quartet.  The quartet comprises four novellas, each containing a tale of epic steampunk excitement....

THE LONDON PARTICULAR (Signed Numbered Ltd Novella)

A signed numbered limited edition (50 copies only) hardback novella with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.

This is book #26 of 50 copies only and is SIGNED by George Mann on the limitation page.

This is Book #3 in Newcon’s Steampunk novella quartet.  The quartet comprises four novellas, each containing a tale of epic steampunk excitement squ....

THE COSMIC HORROR AND OTHERS (Limited Edition Paperback)

This is a limited edition trade paperback (100 copies only) with a stated “First Edition” and a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.   Unread.

Book #19 of 100.

Introduction by Richard’ s son, Franklyn Searight, and a cover illustration by World Fantasy Artist award winner, Allen Koszowski (who also provided the internal illustrations).

T....

DARK MELODIES

A first US trade paperback edition.  Unread.  Some age tanning to pages making them yellow rather than white.

SYNOPSIS:  “LOVECRAFTIAN HORROR STORIES WITH A THEME OF MUSIC.

Music can transport you. It can bring sunshine on a cloudy day and lift your heart in times of trouble. But there is another side, a darker side, to music. Allow yourself to be open to a different melo....

MURDER IN AN ORCHARD CEMETERY

A First world edition hardback with a stated “First World Edition 2021 in Great Britain and the USA.” Unread.   Un-priced dust jacket as Severn House no longer put a price on their dust jackets. Pictorial boards.

A Reverend Mother Mystery.

SYNOPSIS:  “1920s Cork, Ireland.

The Reverend Mother regrets the bishop’s decision to invite the five candida....

THE LAURENTINE SPY

First UK edition paperback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing of this edition.  Unread but showing some signs of storage wear to the extremities.  Some indentations on rear cover.  Heavy age tanning to pages.

SYNOPSIS:  “The Corbonase citadel is a place of virtue and debauchery – and deadly secrets. For the Laurentine spies embedded there, eve....

MURDER AT MADAME TUSSAUDS

A first UK edition hardback with a stated First Edition.  Price still on dust jacket.  Unread.

The Museum Mysteries Book 6.

SYNOPSIS:  “London, 1896.  Madame Tussauds opens to find a night watchman decapitated and his colleague nowhere to be found.  To the police, the case seems simple: one killed the other and fled, but workers at the museum aren’t convinced.  S....

PROPERTY OF A LADY

First UK edition hardback with a stated “This first world edition published in Great Britain in 2011 by Severn House Publishers”.  Unread. Price on dustjacket. Pictorial boards.

SYNOPSIS:  “When Michael Flint is asked by American friends to look over an old Shropshire house they have unexpectedly inherited, he is reluctant to leave the quiet of his Oxford study. But w....

SHERLOCK HOLMES: LORD OF DAMNATION

A US trade paperback (larger-sized) edition.  Unread.  Cover and interior artwork by M Wayne Miller.

SYNOPSIS:  “The monster craved to snuff out my friend’s life.  Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson embark on a voyage to an African island, to the city of New London- a meticulous copy of the British London they know so well. Instead of chilly fogs, oppressive tropical heat,....

LITERARY HAUNTINGS A Gazeteer of Literary Ghost Stories from Britain and Ireland

This is a first UK edition trade paperback which includes a wrap-around dust jacket.  Beautiful covers to book.  Unread.  The title was originally published as a limited edition hardback in 2023.  However, this trade paperback edition has been revised to include 4 additions.

Edited by R.B. Russell, Rosalie Parker and Mark Valentine with additional contributions from Mike Ashley, Pet....

HOUSE OF THE FLIGHT-HELPERS (Limited Edition)

A first limited edition (300 copies only) hardback.  Unread.  Price still on dust jacket.

SYNOPSIS:  “House of the Flight-helpers by Tasmanian author Philomena van Rijswijk is a strange and satirical narrative, a mythological mosaic of horrors, feather phobias, dead saints, clay flutes, terrible birds, Border Monkeys, forbidden zones and unsettling forebodings. It casts the rea....

EZRA SLEF The Next Nobel Laureate in Literature

A first UK limited edition hardback (300 copies only) with a stated first published in 2021.  Unread.  Attractive boards.

SYNOPSIS:  “The pioneering writings of celebrated Russian novelist Ezra Slef have made him a titan of contemporary Postmodernism, with a worldwide following keen to know more about the man behind the books. Enter Humbert Botekin, a disgraced former professor ....

WHAT I WAS AFRAID OF

A first UK edition  hardback (limited to 300 copies only).  Unread.  Attractive boards.

SYNOPSIS:  “This new short story collection is a book of fears, suspicions, uncertainties, bewilderment, confusion, guilt and unease. The stories are an exploration of things that never happened, and couldn’t happen because we are safe in­doors, under the covers, with the doors locked....

EMBERTIDE (Signed Numbered Limited)

A first UK signed numbered limited edition (80 copies only) hardback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing and a stated first published June 2022.  Unread.   Price still on dust jacket.

Book #4 of 80.  SIGNED by Liz Williams on the limitation page.

SYNOPSIS: “Spring is in the air. As the Fallow Sisters and their friends recover from the eve....