{"product_id":"the-second-ghost-book-lady-cynthia-asquith-first-edition-james-barrie-1952","title":"The Second Ghost Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eASQUITH, Cynthia (Edited by). The Second Ghost Book.\u003c\/strong\u003e London: James Barrie, 1952. Publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, plain endpapers; with the original dustjacket unclipped (12s. 6d net). x, 236 pp. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA good copy, the binding with a lean but firm with strong joints and hinges, with corners a little rubbed and spine tips bumped, and foxing to the closed text block. Internally, there is a bookplate to front paste-down, heavier foxing to prelims but only sporadically throughout. In the dust jacket that is unevenly offset to rear panel, darkened around extremities and joints, with spine tanned, and extremities chipped with small loss to spine tips. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLady Cynthia Asquith's anthologies were widely influential and \"essential reading for ghost story enthusiasts\". She had \"a remarkable talent for getting first-rate material from both mainstream and genre writers\" (Sullivan, The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 14).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54374051152211,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/1952-The-Second-Ghost-Book-CYNTHIA-ASQUITH-First-Edition-ELIZABETH-BOWEN-Hartley_1.webp?v=1784710726","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/the-second-ghost-book-lady-cynthia-asquith-first-edition-james-barrie-1952","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}