STOKER, Bram; SHELLEY, Mary
Lost Tales: Gibbet Hill & The Ghost of the Private Theatricals
Lost Tales: Gibbet Hill & The Ghost of the Private Theatricals
Penrith: Newell & Newell, 2025
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Lost Tales: Gibbet Hill by Bram Stoker & The Ghost of the Private Theatricals by M. S., now attributed to Mary Shelley. Penrith: Newell & Newell, 2025. Two limited edition chapbooks of a total run of 250 copies (each), these being each hand-numbered 107.
Together with two prints printed on heavy laid paper, of etchings after J.M.W. Turner, published to coincide with the 250th anniversary of his birth; (1) one print of 'Hind Head Hill', an etching after J.M.W. Turner from his Liber Studiorum, which directly inspired Stoker's tale, and (2) one print of 'Heidelberg', an engraving after J.M.W. Turner of a castle visited by Mary Shelley, which may have inspired Schloss Trubenstern in the story.
Soft covers. A5 format, 40pp. and 20 pp. Yellow covers, printed on Tintoretto Gesso paper and printed throughout on uncoated stock. The Shelley chapbook features an original frontispiece of Schloss Trubenstern from a linocut by Sharon Newell.
From the publisher's website:
"'The Ghost of the Private Theatricals' is a chilling short story, originally printed in the literary annual The Keepsake, credited simply to 'M.S.' Almost entirely forgotten for nearly two centuries, and never included in any collection of Shelley's work, it now reappears at last in this limited edition, with an extended Afterword by Adam Newell, giving the background to the first publication of the story, and presenting the persuasive evidence to show that 'M.S.' is, in fact, Mary Shelley. Newell has also uncovered a contemporary review which could give a clue to the story's origins... This edition comes with a print by J.M.W. Turner of 'Heidelberg', a castle visited by Mary Shelley, which may have inspired the Schloss Trübenstern in the story.
'Gibbet Hill' is an eerie short story by Bram Stoker, which was originally published in an Irish newspaper in 1890, but then forgotten until its recent rediscovery. It is presented here for the first time with a print of 'Hind Head Hill', the image by J.M.W. Turner which directly inspired (and is indeed mentioned in) the tale."
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