Tales of the weird: an uncanny introduction

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Guilty pleasures:

"The Tales of the weird series has been growing and reviving long-lost material from the British Library vaults ⋯ bringing back to print an exhilerating array of uncanny story-telling from the realms of gothic, supernatural and horror fiction. With stories ranging from the nineteenth century to the present day, master editors explore the horrific potential of topics such as fiendish flora, blood-curdling bugs, and the unequivocally sinister side of the festive season—from authors both beloved and overlooked.

Tales of the weird: an uncanny introduction brings together a chilling collection of [eight] stories from across the entire series [forty or so books, as of 2023], offering a brief insight into the abyssal depths of the British Library archives—with offerings by Eleanor Scott, Robert Aickman, William Hope Hodgson and Vernon Lee."
 —Introduction and back cover

British Library, editors  Tales of the weird: an uncanny introduction  cover design by Mauricio Villamayor with illustration by Enrique Bernardou  frontispiece photo by Fay Godwin as featured in the British Library edition of Randalls Round  text design and typesetting by Tetragon, London  Publication   [London]: British Library Publishing, [this collection] ©2023  published in the British Library Tales of the weird series  Contents — please see image above  Physical — small 8º  white lettering on stiff, glossy, black and forest green pictorial card covers  a touch of front cover curl and shelf wear at corners  else a fine copy  8 × 5 × ⅜" (20.3 × 12.7 × 1.0cm)  6.8oz (195gm)  21cm minimum shelving  157+[1]+[15 pub.ads] +[2 series list] + [1]pp.  contents: p.5  introduction: p.7  IDs  — ISBN: 978-0-7123-5499-8  OCLC: 1 407 071 990  Classification — BISG Subject Codes: fic012000 · Fiction / Ghost  fic027040 · Fiction / Gothic  fic015010 · Fiction / Horror / Collections & Anthologies  fic015040 · Fiction / Horror / Occult & Supernatural.