Ghostly Tales : Spine-chilling Stories of the Victorian Age
Author(s): Chronicle Books Staff; Bill Bragg
A vengeful phantom lurks in a country graveyard.A whaling crew becomes trapped on a haunted ship.A human skull is kept locked in a cupboard, butsometimes at night, it screams. . . . This collection of tales transports the reader to a time when staircases creaked in old manor houses, and a candle could be blown out by a gust of wind, or by a passing ghost. Penned by some of the greatest Victorian novelists and masters of the ghost story genre, each story is illustrated with exquisitely eerie artwork in this special gift edition featuring an embossed textured case and a ribbon marker.
Product Information
Bill Bragg is an award-winning artist and illustrator and a co-founder of the art publication and collective LE GUN. He has illustrated books for the Folio Society, Faber & Faber, and Penguin Random House. His illustrations also regularly appear in The Guardian, the New Yorker, and The New York Times, and his work is exhibited internationally. He lives in London.
General Fields
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- : Chronicle Books Llc
- : Chronicle Books Llc
- : 0.76
- : 01 July 2017
- : 23.80 cmmm X 19.90 cmmm X 2.20 cmmm
- : United States
- : 01 January 2017
- : books
Special Fields
- : Chronicle Books Staff; Bill Bragg
- : Hardback
- : 1017
- : English
- : 176
- : 8 full color, full page illustrations